Comments on: Merriman "excited" about fatherhood, "shocked" by lawsuit

By: FumbleNuts

FumbleNuts — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:39:30 +0000

“San Diego Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman announced on Twitter that he’s going to be a father.”
BAAAAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
Good luck dude!

By: GT327

GT327 — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:50:02 +0000

This is about money — lots of tax-free money.
The guideline in CA is that child support for a single child is 20% of the non-custodial parent’s after-tax income. Merriman just ended his deal at about $2 million per season, so his after-tax income in 2009 was about $1 million. Based on this, the guideline will be about $200,000 per year, or about $17,000 per month, tax-free to the mother. The court will enter an order along those lines to take effect once the child is born.
That number will also go up proportionately when Merriman gets tagged (as a restricted free agent) or signs a new deal.

By: DaVikes

DaVikes — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:36:14 +0000

Stats vs the Jets – 2 tackles, 2 assists. Sounds like his “great friend” watched the game and decided to get whatever she could before he ends up in the CFL.

By: Lombardi 6

Lombardi 6 — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:05:55 +0000

“Is Wayne Brady gonna have to choke a bitch”

By: mustbechris

mustbechris — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:55:15 +0000

oh i love when “great friends” turn into “money-grubbing whores”

By: JetGreeeen

JetGreeeen — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:51:34 +0000

It’s all about child support. Probably a very good move because we all know the well documented history of black athletes and children.

By: Drat

Drat — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:44:14 +0000

The lawsuit stems from something alright, but not a lack of communication.

By: Zaggs

Zaggs — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:37:09 +0000

He’s so excited to be a dad he cannot even carry on basic communication with his kid’s mother. This wont end well.

By: Hosstyle In Tampa

Hosstyle In Tampa — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:24:58 +0000

Of course Raider fans cant read…that’s 6 years not 6 months…now go cry about the Super Bowl that the Bucs ran you out of..

By: Hap

Hap — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:24:35 +0000

Shawn, you’re effed. Ask your “friends”.

By: Bigbluefan

Bigbluefan — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:24:32 +0000

She wanted to get the support based on his pay now not the cut he will get with his new deal in the CFL

By: BenRapistberger

BenRapistberger — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:21:59 +0000

She gets pregnant so she’s a gold digger?
This guy was having a domestic dispute with someone else like 4 months ago…

By: VonClausewitz

VonClausewitz — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:00:09 +0000

I’m pretty sure Merriman could have the best communication skills in the world and he’d still get hit with this lawsuit. Mom is looking to legally document Merriman as father and arrange court-ordered child support. None of this dicking around with “talking” and whatnot.
One wonders what would happen if the courts stopped looking at men as wallets and codified the responsibility of pregnancy as solely that of the mother (after all the law is almost there now anyway re: Row Vs Wade) , whether you’d see a lot of decline of the phenomena of golddiggers and a drop in the single mom birth rate. I’d think it would be guaranteed. But hey, let’s not do something to stop unaccountable behavior or anything.

By: GtuddaC

GtuddaC — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:59:01 +0000

****Bee_Arthur says:
January 22, 2010 11:24 AM
Mean D “Great future this kid has. He/she is not even born and their (unmarried) parents are not communicating and filing law suits.”
Sounds like most of society today. Merriman “shes a great friend” … I thought you were supposed to have kid with your wife and have a family e.g. the foundation of society. ****
You rebuplicans kill me. Always self righteous about unwed parents. Better a kid grow up with 2 loving unwed parents than with the dysfunctional marriages you people have. I wish therse guys all the best, i know theyll need it with people like yall around. Jets FTW, by the way. . .

By: Bill Cowher's Chin

Bill Cowher's Chin — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:55:58 +0000

Sounds more like, they have been getting it on for a while now, casual friends with benefits.
She got preggo, and Merriman started the, it isnt my baby, you are getting nothing from me dance…
She filed papers, and now he is excited…..
Right, he didnt wait until after the season o make the announcement, he wasnt going to make any announcement. But now that she has filed suit, now he is pretending to be the excited soon to be father….

By: SterilizeTHenry

SterilizeTHenry — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:46:36 +0000

He should have stuck with Tila. Any guy who doesn’t like her is either wayyyy too picky or they “play for the other team”.

By: Big_McLargeHuge

Big_McLargeHuge — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:36:04 +0000

Gooooooolddigger

By: Wardo

Wardo — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:29:20 +0000

Better get while the gettings good Ms. Horne, soon he’ll be making league minimum.

By: Bee_Arthur

Bee_Arthur — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:24:42 +0000

Mean D “Great future this kid has. He/she is not even born and their (unmarried) parents are not communicating and filing law suits.”
Sounds like most of society today. Merriman “shes a great friend” … I thought you were supposed to have kid with your wife and have a family e.g. the foundation of society.

By: tacious

tacious — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:23:18 +0000

She’s not interested in what’s your pants anymore, Shawn… now she wants what’s in your wallet!

By: beretta96

beretta96 — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:18:59 +0000

Too much HCG there big guy! Sounds like another unemployed dead beat dad!

By: eeerockski

eeerockski — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:17:02 +0000

Gold diggers! Mount up.

By: smiley

smiley — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:15:10 +0000

Congratulations Merriman!! It will all work out.

By: AlanSaysYo

AlanSaysYo — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:05:42 +0000

My great friends always file lawsuits against me, too.

By: Stuart Scotts left eye

Stuart Scotts left eye — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:05:36 +0000

@ Raiderrob21,
Hey dummy, it’s six years, not six months.
Shawne’s a extremely nice guy in person. He’s also a good team leader in the locker room. The positive steroid test really tarnished his reputation but few forget that it wasn’t the NFL that released the news and Shawne never got a chance to defend himself the same way Julius Peppers got. Funny how no one remembers that Peppers got suspended for the exact same thing, yet Merriman gets murdered by you sheep.

By: thehoodedone

thehoodedone — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:03:57 +0000

Sounds like the bitch just needs to be grabbed and shaken a little.

By: Florio-is-a-tool

Florio-is-a-tool — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:03:40 +0000

Notice how much smaller he looks since he was caught doing the juice? It’s a change similar of Barry Bonds proportions.

By: isonic1

isonic1 — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:03:24 +0000

She was “Horne” for Merriman’s money!

By: bigbolt

bigbolt — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:56:12 +0000

Merriman still has a long way to go before he catches Cromartie and his 7 kids in 5 different states all under the age of 5.
AJ Smith has allowed this team to become a punchline.

By: Hap

Hap — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:55:53 +0000

We got a dance coming, Shawne ?
It’s a dead man’s party.