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Sleazy does it: not even high school sports are immune anymore.

South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL)

| February 06, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2007 South Florida Sun-Sentinal. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Dave Hyde

FORT LAUDERDALE _ Whenever I read, hear, watch, discuss, follow or especially consider writing about LeBron James, I feel greasy.

I hate this story. I hate how adults have acted around a high school kid. I hate how a teenager has become a financial mosh pit of greed, opportunism and skewed values.

Is this where sports are going?

And is there any way out?

Here was the latest scene across America's breakfast table this week: Deion Sanders, CBS's answer to a pilot fish, nodded, smiled and maybe even listened as James explained how, yes, he had received two jerseys worth $845 for a sports-store appearance, but, "If I'd known I was jeopardizing (high school…

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