Antonio Cromartie Pays Off Child Support

by John B on Mar 19, 2010 8:08 AM EDT

Because of the contract money the Jets paid him up front, Antonio Cromartie was able to pay off his child support.

Jets cornerback Antonio Cromartie has paid a child-support debt in the range of $25,000-$50,000 to the mother of one of his seven children, according to a report in the San Diego Union-Tribune.

Cromartie was due in court next week so a judge could evaluate his financial situation in the wake of past-due child support payments. That court date has been taken off the calendar, according to the report.

There were a lot of good reasons for the Jets to help their new player out. Probably none was more important at least from a business perspective than getting this distraction to go away, and getting Antonio's focus back on football.

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There you go. Get all those distractions taken care of so we can focus on football.

by Crackback on Mar 19, 2010 10:38 AM EDT reply actions

It was such an obviously beneficial move to get Cromartie focused by fronting him the money to get rid of his court dates.

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by David_Wyatt on Mar 19, 2010 12:10 PM EDT up reply actions

Nice little motivational reminder too. “Hey Cro we got tackling drills in the 2nd session of our two-a-days today. I know its supposed to be 95 out there but we want to see you make a statement to your teammates and be a leader out there. Hows the kids by the way? Everybody good? Any problems? You let us know if anything comes up, ok?”

by Crackback on Mar 19, 2010 12:31 PM EDT up reply actions

Yer I guess it’s the “you scratch our backs we’ll scratch yours”. Taking care of your players so they will put it on the line for you, it’s a good motivational tool.

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by David_Wyatt on Mar 19, 2010 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions

I’m must puzzled as to how a guy who has played in the NFL for so long can’t manage to pay between 25,000-50,000 to one of his children. Hopefully for him (and more importantly his kids) it was just a priority and maturity issue that he’s now moved beyond. I think you guys will be crossing your fingers that this guy doesn’t screw up the same way we Bills fans keep crossing our fingers about Lynch. Just like with Lynch, you have a pretty intimidating duo of players if he turns things around. If not……

by bluecollarbuffalo on Mar 20, 2010 7:28 AM EDT up reply actions

I know the feeling Cromartie, lol

But I really dont see why this was even on there, personal things like this should not even be on this site, I am a fan

by bllackkman on Mar 19, 2010 2:28 PM EDT reply actions

Several reasons, the most important being that Jets work outs start on Monday, and if he is having to jet back and forward between San Diego and New York to attend court hearings then it is going to effect off-season work outs. Saying he has it sorted now and won’t have to attend court hearings means he is all set for Jets work outs and should be ready to roll all week

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by David_Wyatt on Mar 19, 2010 2:48 PM EDT up reply actions

Plus, it is not often that a ream reportedly fronts a player money for “personal things” so it goes from being personal to being contract and sports news item related.

by bluecollarbuffalo on Mar 20, 2010 7:29 AM EDT up reply actions