MY STORY HITS THE HEART REAL HARD, MY SON WHO HAS PLAYED BASKETBALL SINCE HE WAS 14 YEARS OLD, HAS HAD HIS EYES WIDE OPEN WITH THE HOPES OF PLAYING IN THE NBA. AS THE YEARS WENT BY AND HE BECAME A VERY GOOD PLAYER, HE WAS IN THE NEWSPAPER, ON TELEVISION AND ALSO PLAYED HIS LITTLE HEART OUT. WELL HE DID NOT GET ANY OFFERS FOR COLLEGE AND HIS HEART WAS BROKEN, I TOLD HIM DON'T WORRY IF IT'S GOD'S WILL, THINGS WILL COME YOUR WAY, JUST KEEP THE FAITH. ALONG CAME MR. X, KNOWING MY SON HAD ALL THESE DREAMS MR. X TOOK ADVANTAGE OF MY CHILD AND 16 OTHER YOUTHS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. HE GAVE OUT HIS BUSINESS CARD SHOWING THAT HE WAS HEAD OF A ORGANIZATION WHICH WAS EXPOSING YOUNG BALL PLAYERS TO POTENTIAL COLLEGE COACHES WHO WOULD IN TURN PICK UP THE MOST TALENTED AND HELP FURTHER THEIR CHANCES OF ENTERING COLLEGE AND PUT THEM ON THE RIGHT TRACK TO REACH THEIR GOALS. THIS PAST SUMMER THERE WAS A TOURNMENT BEING PLAYED IN LOS VEGAS, AND THE WINNING TEAMS WOULD ADVANCE TO THE FINALS WHICH WERE BEING PLAYED IN OLANDO, FLORDIA. MR. X COLLECTED BETWEEN $1,00.00 AND 1.500.00 FROM EACH OF THESE 17 YOUNGSTERS, HE BOOKED RESERVATIONS WITH THE AIRLINES, PUT THE TEAMS ON THE ROSTER AND EVERY THING HE DID WAS CLEAR TO SEE ON THE INTERNET, BECAUSE I PRINTED ALL THE TRAVEL AND FIIGHT INFORMATION AND COMPLETE LISTS OF EVERY CHILD WHO WAS ATTENDING THE TRIP. THE NIGHT BEFORE THE TRIP, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, MR. X CALL MY CHILD'S CELL PHONE, LEFT A MESSAGE WHICH WAS NOT UNDERSTANDABLE WHICH WE CONCLUDED THAT THE TRIP WAS OFF, DUE TO THE PLAYERS BEING OVER THE PLAYING AGE. BUT THAT THEY WOULD INDEED GO ON THE NEXT TRIP BECAUSE THEY WERE INTITLED TO ATTEND. THE TRIPS WERE ONE WEEK APART, AND DURING THAT TIME, I CALLED THE AIRLINES AND I FOUND OUT THAT MR. X NEVER PAID FOR THE TICKETS AND WITH THAT INFORMATION, I ALSO FOUND OUT THAT THE REGISTRATION FEE, WHICH INTITLED THE BOYES TO PLAY IN THE FIRST PLACE WAS NOT EVEN PAID. I SEEN ALL THE INFORMATION LISTED ON THE INTERNET, WITH MY OWN EYES. ALL THE NAMES, THE TEAM ROOSTER, THE HOTEL BOOKINGS AND WITH ALL THIS, MR. X TOTALLY AND OUT AND OUT TOOK ALL THIS MONEY AND KEPT IN THE WIND. IT HURT NOT ONLY MY CHILD, BUT HIS PRIDE. TO THIS DAY I CAN'T GET MR. X TO RETURN MY CHILD'S MONEY. HE NEEDS TO BE EXPOSED FOR THE DOWN RIGHT, DIRTY DOG THAT HE IS, AND I HOPE THAT ONE DAY HE GETS JUST WHAT IS COMMING TO HIM. WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK OUT THERE IN COMPLANT LAND?