Blind sided

[DirkPiggler]

Part of the issue is the media is mostly sports and entertainment doofuses looking for a salacious story of black boy exploited by evil white folks, a dark turn to a successful feel good story, on and on.

I think when the legal folks do a deep five it will be a far drier story.  I don't think the Tuohys took this kid in with an idea it would make a great book and movie and they'd exploit this kid.

I think the real story will be rooted in then strict NCAA rules and trying to maintain other's eligibility.  He was 18 while still at Briarcrest which complicated things.  He couldn't be formally adopted as he was 18, while adult adoption only conveys inheritance without financial responsibilities so ncaa has an issue there.  The conservatorship seems to be the toll they came up with.  Tuohy was a "booster" in the eyes of the ncaa and under scrutiny. 

Now Leigh Anne has been touting this as an adoption all along so that might get messy for her foundation.

The worst part of the movie: they cut the hot fuck scene with Sandra bullick and Kim Pickens.

I agree with you that the Tuohy's probably didn't think far enough ahead to try to craft a story for profit. 

They 100% did all this with the intention of steering Oher, who otherwise would have likely gone to a football factory like Alabama or (at the time) Tennessee, to their beloved Ole Miss.  It was all about getting their alma mater a recruit that wouldn't have even given them so much as an unofficial visit on the school's own merits.

The book and later movie deals simply came about because Michael Lewis and Sean Tuohy were longtime friends from New Orleans. 

[hit_that_line]

Michael Lewis...Tuohy's, SBF, factual inaccuracies in Flash Boys. Hmmm

[BleedinRed]

Correct me if I'm wrong here but Oher wasn't playing football when the Tuohy's met him.  I don't believe he was really going to school much at all. 

Am I to believe that Momma Touhy saw a large, possibly fat, black kid and had the foresight to see what would be a highly desired recruit and future NFL pro and she planned all this out so Ole Miss could have said kid on the fooseball team?   

[BleedinRed]

Part of the issue is the media is mostly sports and entertainment doofuses looking for a salacious story of black boy exploited by evil white folks, a dark turn to a successful feel good story, on and on.
I think when the legal folks do a deep five it will be a far drier story.  I don't think the Tuohys took this kid in with an idea it would make a great book and movie and they'd exploit this kid.
I think the real story will be rooted in then strict NCAA rules and trying to maintain other's eligibility.  He was 18 while still at Briarcrest which complicated things.  He couldn't be formally adopted as he was 18, while adult adoption only conveys inheritance without financial responsibilities so ncaa has an issue there.  The conservatorship seems to be the toll they came up with.  Tuohy was a "booster" in the eyes of the ncaa and under scrutiny. 
Now Leigh Anne has been touting this as an adoption all along so that might get messy for her foundation.
The worst part of the movie: they cut the hot fuck scene with Sandra bullick and Kim Pickens.

https://deadline.com/2023/08/the-blind-side-michael-oher-sean-tuohy-reacts-1235519533/

We contacted lawyers who had told us that we couldn't adopt over the age of 18; the only thing we could do was to have a conservatorship. We were so concerned it was on the up-and-up that we made sure the biological mother came to court."

Tuohy maintains that he was advised that he was not able to adopt Oher as he was over the age of 18 but current laws in Tennessee do allow for "adult adoption," adding that if Oher wants to end the conservatorship they would end it.

[DirkPiggler]

Correct me if I'm wrong here but Oher wasn't playing football when the Tuohy's met him.  I don't believe he was really going to school much at all. 

Am I to believe that Momma Touhy saw a large, possibly fat, black kid and had the foresight to see what would be a highly desired recruit and future NFL pro and she planned all this out so Ole Miss could have said kid on the fooseball team?   

That's how it was portrayed in the movie.  Articles I read yesterday stated that he was already playing for Briarcrest when the Tuohy family came into his life. 

[DirkPiggler]

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This is from Oher's wikipedia page.  It seems to back up the accounts I mentioned above, that he was already at Briarcrest prior to the Tuohys "adopting" him.

[BleedinRed]

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This is from Oher's wikipedia page.  It seems to back up the accounts I mentioned above, that he was already at Briarcrest prior to the Tuohys "adopting" him.

He was already at the private school he had no business being at prior to meeting the Touys or was he lived with the Touys and they got him into the school and then they adopted him.  

There is a significant difference between those two scenarios. 

[DirkPiggler]

He was already at the private school he had no business being at prior to meeting the Touys or was he lived with the Touys and they got him into the school and then they adopted him. 

There is a significant difference between those two scenarios.

Who is saying the Tuohys got him into Briarcrest?  Besides the movie, which is apparently bullshit.

[SwahiliSteve]

Sean Tuohy is now speaking out saying he's insulted by the lawsuit. Why is it that Michael didn't know what he signed till after Feb 2023? Seems like the conservatorship came about because of age and him going to ole miss as they were boosters and it was the only way. He says he never saw any money from movie but they indeed profited from the movie and their likeness I assume. The foundation she has uses his name all the time and did they not get anything from the book or movie...really?

[hit_that_line]

They received 2.5% of net proceeds. They made a lot. I would've been more surprised if it turned out the Tuohy's weren't pieces of shit.

[SwahiliSteve]

They received 2.5% of net proceeds. They made a lot. I would've been more surprised if it turned out the Tuohy's weren't pieces of shit.

yes they're publicly denying they profited at all. Fuck them. If they actually cared about Michael they would have shared profits. It's actually his story that made them famous.

[Usafhawg]

SJ has said that he has made $60-70k off of the movie.

[Thin Red Swine]

The worst part of the movie: they cut the hot fuck scene with Sandra bullick and Kim Pickens.

Dickens.

And this part of the post didn't get the attention it deserved.

Kim is still pretty smashable at age 58. 

[rzrbkfan69]

I know several folks in the restaurant industry in Memphis and those that have had the unpleasure of dealing with the Tuohys say they are they some of the biggest assholes around. Entitled pieces of shit. I've heard this over the past 20 years.  So it does not surprise me at all they would do despicable things.

[hit_that_line]

I know several folks in the restaurant industry in Memphis and those that have had the unpleasure of dealing with the Tuohys say they are they some of the biggest assholes around. Entitled pieces of shit. I've heard this over the past 20 years.  So it does not surprise me at all they would do despicable things.

https://x.com/campari_queen_/status/1691183247651131393

My guy read this tweet here today then concocted a story about 20 years of abuse lol.

[SwahiliSteve]

I know several folks in the restaurant industry in Memphis and those that have had the unpleasure of dealing with the Tuohys say they are they some of the biggest assholes around. Entitled pieces of shit. I've heard this over the past 20 years.  So it does not surprise me at all they would do despicable things.

they promoted adoption at least Leigh Ann did for years when establishing her foundation which is for underprivileged children and spent years encouraging people to consider adoption based on her own life. They've enriched their lives based on essentially a lie and gained tons of donations to their foundation based on that lie. Look at her IG...she posts a child every week who needs a home and does so based on the platform the movie and book gave her.

[SwahiliSteve]

https://x.com/campari_queen_/status/1691183247651131393

My guy read this tweet here today then concocted a story about 20 years of abuse lol.

can you not imbed a twitter link correctly

[rzrbkfan69]

https://x.com/campari_queen_/status/1691183247651131393

My guy read this tweet here today then concocted a story about 20 years of abuse lol.

I'm not in the business of concocting stories, that's your area of expertise.

[SwahiliSteve]

I'm not in the business of concocting stories, that's your area of expertise.

true dat

[Mazeppa Pompazoidi]

https://x.com/campari_queen_/status/1691183247651131393

My guy read this tweet here today then concocted a story about 20 years of abuse lol.

Just like when you read some bullshit on Hogville and come over here talking like you've got inside info that is usually nothing but net guano.