The Diario de Sao Paulo - a Brazil based news paper - has reported that the 72-year old greatest footballer of all time, Edson Arantes do Nascimento (a.k.a the King Pele) is having a family problem, an unusual type indeed. The King Pele's two teenage grand children, aged 13 and 15, are suing him for child support. They are the children of Pele's daughter Sandra Regina who died in 2006.
The two teenagers are demanding a support payment of $6,000 each, to cover health insurance and education as well as compensation of an unspecified amount. We expect the final ruling of this case some time in November. Meanwhile, court has already ordered the septuagenarian to pay each of the children a sum of $760 each.
There are so many things to say about this case. For example, isn't it ironical how someone would achieve a resounding world famous career success and still have wars to face at home? What sort of relationship must have existed between the old man and his daughter - the mother of the litigant kids? Isn't it worrisome that Pele at 70, instead of relaxing, reading news papers and lazing about in a serene garden, is instead being dragged around courts and news pages?
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| World Best Player Award (Courtesy: bestplayerintheworld.com) |
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| Victory on the pitch. Is Pele also victorious at home? |
It was the British philosopher, John Stuart Mill who once said, 'it is a crime punishable by law to bring a child into the world without training it'. In Pele's own case, it seems the punishment has already started. What's your view on this?
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| The King Pele at Worl Economic Forum in 2006 (Courtesy: en.wikipedia.org) |
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| World Best Player of all time acknowledges cheers from the crowds before the New York Cosmos Games August 3, 2013. Who would have thought that he had issues at home? (Courtesy: Straits Times) |
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