According to an article posted at ESPN.com, Allen Iverson is facing some difficult time as a result of gambling and alcohol abuse. The article went into detail about the causes and extent of Iverson's abuse problems, mainly addressing his daughter's undisclosed illness and his recent divorce from his wife, Tawana. While this is a clearly unfortunate situation for Iverson to have to deal with personally, it also has a big effect on his career. The fact that Iverson is having so much difficulty controlling his alcohol and gambling habits has a negative effect on his image. Some say "any publicity is good publicity," but this is not true if that publicity results in no team wanting to sign him because of various negative associations with his name. The first of which being that Iverson will no longer be seen as a role model for the children who once idolized him. Originally, teams would've wanted a player like Iverson because he fulfilled the team's need for a star player who kids could look up to. Now, teams really wouldn't want Iverson to fulfill that star-player role because his image is not one that is admired. Also, teams probably will not be very eager to sign a player who is unreliable and could possibly leave in the middle of the season, as he has proven to do before. Looking forward, Iverson really needs to get his act together to preserve his image and, ultimately, his career. If Iverson plans on furthering himself in the NBA, he needs to clean up his act and his image.
To read the original article at ESPN.com, please follow this link: http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4975922&campaign=rss&source=ESPNHeadlines
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