Paralympics Scandal

In my opinion, the Paralympic scandal of 2000 is one of the most disgraceful events of all time. It went far beyond cheating and crossed a bigger line of ethics.

In the Sydney Paralympic basketball games, Spain dominated all other seven teams. According to Stolen Gold, they beat Portugal by 15, Brazil by 56, Japan by 67, Poland by 30, and Russia by 24.They were a great team, good enough to bring home the gold metal. But what people didn't know was that they were at a slight advantage.

To be qualified to compete in a Paralympic game, one's IQ level must be a 70 or below. Only two people on the entire basketball team met that criteria. Only two out of twelve players were actually eligible to play.

Only two weeks after the end of the games, Carlos Ribagorda wrote an article for Capitol, a Spanish business magazine exposing not only the team, but the Spanish Paralympic Committee(SPC) as well. In the article he explained that ten members of the team, himself included, were not handicap at all. The article also revealing the SPCs involvement, explaining that they were actually the ones who recruited the players. He also exposed Spanish participants from other events suchs as table tennis, track and field, and swimming for fraud as well.

Why you might ask? The only reason people ever came up with was for the thrill of winning. Is winning really worth losing all your morals. It was sick and devise stunt to pull. They must have known they'd get caught eventually.

The loss of their metals was not enough.

The O.J Simpson Scandal

Millions tuned in on October 3, 1995 to watch history be made as O.J. Simpson was acquitted of all criminal charges against him including the murder chargers of his ex wife; Nicole Brown and her "friend" Ronald Goldman.

Orenthal James "O.J." Simpson was arguably one of the best players in the NFL of all time. After receiving the Heisman Trophy in college he went on to NFL to set the all time record for yards rushed in one season. While other players have now matched his 2,000 rush yard record, he is still the only player to accomplish that in a 14 game season. In 1983 Simpson was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame and then the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1985. Even after his football career came to an end, he still stayed in the spot light as a football broadcaster.

On June 17, 1994 Simpson received more attention than he ever had before, but not the kind of attention one would want...

Simpson and Brown began dating in 1977 while Simpson was still married to his first wife Marguerite Whitley. They got married in 1985, but the marriage only lasted 7 years. Brown filed for divorce after claiming Simpson was physically abusive towards her. He denied the allegations.

On June 12, 1994 Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman; Brown's friend, were found stabbed to death outside of Brown's condominium in Los Angeles, California. After evidence pointing to Simpson was found, he fled which soon turned into a car chase. After he was finally caught, he plead not guilty to the murder charges. 

Millions followed the trail and to this day nobody knows the true story. Everyone has their theories and everyone can guess, but the only person that will ever truly know if O.J. Simpson is guilty is O.J. Simpson himself. My opinion? He was caught red handed, but social conflicts of the time led to an acquittal.

Even though he was acquitted of the murder chargers, Simpson was found liable for the wrongful death of and battery against Ronald Goldman and battery charges against Brown on February 5, 1997. Fred Goldman; Ronald's father, sued after fully believing that Simpson was his sons murderer. Simpson was ordered to pay $33,500,00.00 in damages. Goldman later took Simpson back to court in 2006 after Simpson was recieving compensation from a book deal and interview pertaining to the 1994 murders and trail.

So where is he now? Jail. Shocker right?

After getting in and out of trouble with the law for a couple years, Simpson  led a group of men in a robbery at the Palace Station hotel-casino at gunpoint. After two of Simpsons men flipped on him by taking a plea deal and testified against him, On December 5, 2008, Simpson was sentenced to 33 years in prison with the possibility of parole after 9 years. On July 31, 2013 the Nevada Parole Board granted him parole on some charges but still has to serve at least four years on other chargers.

Could he be innocent? Possibly of murder.

Could he be guilty? Yes. O.J. Simpson is an arrogant thug who has gotten away with so much because of his money.

Juan Williams brings us up-to-date with the peoples verdict as of 2014.