Jobless Father Of Two Bound For Jail, Turns Down $20k For Kearse Ball

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If a $20,000 lottery ticket fell out of the sky and landed in the hands of an unemployed father of two who is going away to jail shortly, you

would expect him to cash it in, right? That is basically the situation Scott Shelton finds himself in, and he has reportedly decided not to.

When Jermaine Kearse chucked the ball into the stands after scoring the game-winning touchdown in Sunday's NFC Championship Game,

Shelton was the one who caught it. He said that a sports memorabilia dealer has already offered him $20,000 for the ball, but he planned to

give it back to Kearse. He later indicated that he might instead save it for his son, but either way, the ball isn't for sale.

In other circumstances, not selling the ball would be a really cool thing to do. He could give it to Kearse, who called and offered a signed

jersey and helmet for it, or give his son an amazing piece of Seahawks history. But Shelton is in pretty rough straits. Via KOMO:

Catching the famous football has given Shelton an emotional lift like nothing else in his life because it comes at a profoundly difficult time

for the jobless father of two young children. His family says he's had a challenging life, including serious brushes with the law — even

spending time behind bars as a juvenile and facing more next month.

If Shelton does end up going to the Super Bowl, he'll need to hurry back to Western Washington because at 2 p.m. the next day, his mother

says a judge will take him into custody to start serving several months in jail.

He is literally going to jail for "several months" the day after the Super Bowl. Might it be wise to cash out and provide for his family while

he's behind bars instead?

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/...l-back-to-Kearse-289096201.html?tab=video&c=y

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20000 for a damn football? Deal. Dude could have wrote the check on the spot and had it.
 
From the comments section (because I was curious as to why he was going to jail):

If you plug this guys name into google you will have his address and phone number. You'll also see he was charged with felon in possession of firearms, drugs, stolen property, etc.

Not sure what his motivation was as far as giving the ball back for nothing, but that 20k could have gone a LONG way as far as helping his family out.

Oh well...
 
Surprised Kearse only offered a signed jersey and helmet. I wouldn't have hesitated to take that 20k though.
 
The 20K offer either increases substantially if they win the Super Bowl, or decreases dramatically. It appears he is a betting man. He'll sell it eventually; son is just posturing and getting some shine.
 
Not to mention the amount he paid to go to the game and get drunk enough on 9 dollar beers to the point of refusing to sell a football for $20,000
 
The 20K offer either increases substantially if they win the Super Bowl, or decreases dramatically. It appears he is a betting man. He'll sell it eventually; son is just posturing and getting some shine.
time doesnt appear to be on his side tho 
 
Not to mention the amount he paid to go to the game and get drunk enough on 9 dollar beers to the point of refusing to sell a football for $20,000

They were his parents season tickets. They gave them to him as a gift.
 
**** the Seahawks after beating my packers...

This dude is an idiot though... Win or lose 20k could do wonders for his family especially while he is gone
 
20k seems like nothing for a nfc championship walk off touchdown ball though. I feel like a walk off homer in the same scenario, lets say game 7 of a baseball championship series, would fetch 50k off the bat. Same for a game winning basketball in the same scenario. But then again those are the culmination of 7 games, this is just one.
 
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If a $20,000 lottery ticket fell out of the sky and landed in the hands of an unemployed father of two who is going away to jail shortly, you

would expect him to cash it in, right? That is basically the situation Scott Shelton finds himself in, and he has reportedly decided not to.

When Jermaine Kearse chucked the ball into the stands after scoring the game-winning touchdown in Sunday's NFC Championship Game,

Shelton was the one who caught it. He said that a sports memorabilia dealer has already offered him $20,000 for the ball, but he planned to

give it back to Kearse. He later indicated that he might instead save it for his son, but either way, the ball isn't for sale.

In other circumstances, not selling the ball would be a really cool thing to do. He could give it to Kearse, who called and offered a signed

jersey and helmet for it, or give his son an amazing piece of Seahawks history. But Shelton is in pretty rough straits. Via KOMO:

Catching the famous football has given Shelton an emotional lift like nothing else in his life because it comes at a profoundly difficult time

for the jobless father of two young children. His family says he's had a challenging life, including serious brushes with the law — even

spending time behind bars as a juvenile and facing more next month.

If Shelton does end up going to the Super Bowl, he'll need to hurry back to Western Washington because at 2 p.m. the next day, his mother

says a judge will take him into custody to start serving several months in jail.

He is literally going to jail for "several months" the day after the Super Bowl. Might it be wise to cash out and provide for his family while

he's behind bars instead?

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/...l-back-to-Kearse-289096201.html?tab=video&c=y

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but wait......


how would he be hard out for cash if he's going to championship games and ****?

prolly a season ticket holder, but after last season tickets prolly hit for a nice amount.


I'm guessing that though he's jobless he's probably doing fine financially?

am I missing something? :nerd:
 
They were his parents season tickets. They gave them to him as a gift.


ah....makes sense.


so yeah, still find it hard to believe he's hard out for cash.


if you've got those season tickets you could be selling tickets to a game for major money.

he ain't hurtin'.
 
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