Don't blame King James.(the gifts of LeBron James)

The young man is not the problem. Grown-ups are the problem. Zealots among us have created a culture in which celebrity athletes believe they're entitled to pretty much anything they want.

So LeBron James walks into a store. Sees a football jersey, a Gale Sayers model, price $395. Sees a basketball jersey, Wes Unseld's, $450. He wants them both. It's $845.

Does he slap down plastic? Write a check? Peel off Benjamins?

Hah.

Here's what he does. He smiles. He smiles because the sales person gives him the jerseys.

The story winds up in The Plain Dealer of Cleveland, with the store manager quoted: "We get celebrities in here all the time. They spend a lot of money, and sometimes you've just got to give them some love."

Here's what sales people give me.