"Lavar Ball & Big Baller Brand"

Oh man... Where do I begin?

Well, for starters, I love that a parent is so involved in his children's lives and that the parent influences success in their children, but Lavar Ball is going a little far in my opinion.

On one hand it's pretty brilliant to bank on the success of an athlete, I mean, Nike, Reebok, etc. have been doing that for decades, but on the other hand, riding the coattails of your children's success is an arrogant move to me.

The Williams' sisters in tennis, as well as many other athletes' parents, have caused more problems than anything else for their kids while attempting to turn a buck off of their children's hard work.

Remember how that situation worked out?

It's a great thing to support your children but to try to earn money off of them is absurd to me. It's a lot like pimping in my view, and that's ridiculous.

Lavar Ball started Big Baller Brand to piggyback off of the potential success of his sons. In many ways he has definitely made an ass of himself in the process. Not to mention that he has written checks that his boys have to work even harder to cash.

They have done nothing other than earn scholarships to college for playing basketball. The oldest of the three is currently in the NBA but he is not shining as bright as ESPN and Lavar Ball himself are claiming he is.

You have to achieve first and earn second, that's called business.

Yeah, he's been entertaining in many ways at times, but overall he has done more damage to the brand than anything else.

In closing, because there's really not much to say about it that bares anything positive to reflect on, I can't find any way to respect the actions of Lavar Ball in his antics to promote his sons because he has promoted himself more than the kids he claims it's all about.