Heh! Even the Miami homeless do not want the quitter's jerseys...

[madinmaryland]

http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/juice/2010/09/lebron_james_jersey_miami_homeless_derailed.php

In July, a group of guys in Northeast Ohio launched a campaign to collect LeBron James' old Cleveland Cavaliers jerseys and send them to homeless people in Miami. It seemed like a wholesome idea. Clevelanders were so pissed off at the King's betrayal of his hometown to join the Heat, they were burning formerly treasured polyester heirlooms in the streets. Why not turn that anger into charity?

There was just one tiny problem. Homeless advocates
in Miami didn't want tainted goods.

"It's on hold right now," says Rita Clark of the Miami Coalition for the Homeless. "There's a lot of politics around this."

The coalition had been in talks with the Cleveland do-gooders but ran into some resistance here in South Florida. Apparently, a marketing plan based on the concept of Here -- take a bunch of stuff we hate! wasn't particularly appealing. Clark says she heard that Miami Mayor Tomás Regalado was opposed to the donation plan.

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Even some people in Miami still have standards!!

:rofl:

[Auggie]

1. I understand the homeless also reject muffin stumps

[trumad]

2. Jesus Christ dude---give it a rest...

You're starting to take on the shrill qualities of Cboy.

[SpiralHawk]

3. Hell, polyester is totally toxic and hot as hell

Feels like shit when you wear it. I'd rather go naked than wear polyester crap, free or not, Shaq or not. Homeless Floridians gots good common sense, and good fashion sense to boot.

Swingers from the 70s will of course remember another fashion fad from the Place of the Burning River: 'The Full Cleveland' - an outfit consisting of a powder blue leisure suit, white tie, white belt, and white shoes.