By Marilyn Dubinski | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-02-28 08:33:53
由生成式人工智能翻译，译文内容可能不准确或不完整，以原文为准。
纽约州有些腐败的味道，而且…算了。
又来了。如果有人错过了，在12月27日，维克多·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)参与了我们见过的 最暖心的球衣互换 之一。回顾一下，当时他们刚刚击败了布鲁克林篮网队（在布鲁克林），赛后， 文班 和一位举着牌子请求交换球衣的小球迷交换了球衣。这是一个可爱的瞬间，并迅速在网络上走红。
史上最佳球衣互换 pic.twitter.com/mcJxJQXlJI
— 圣安东尼奥马刺队 (@ spurs) 2024年12月28日
几周后，这件球衣开始拍卖，起价为10000美元。这引起了公众的复杂反应，从批评这家人——特别是这位父亲——利用 文班 的善意，似乎为了利润而利用自己的儿子，到更同情的观点，如“这是他们的事，我们不了解他们的财务状况，等等”。 文班 本人也用一个哭泣的表情符号回应了这一消息。
— 文班 (@ wemby) 2025年1月15日
现在，故事有了更疯狂的转折。在周末这件球衣以73000美元的价格被拍卖之后，据报道，这位父亲，即弗兰基·德西德里(Frankie Desideri, Sr)，向拍卖公司Goldin Auctions提交了限制令（但被驳回），要求撤回这件球衣的出售，这是由纪念品网站cllct.com首次报道的。然而，德西德里试图撤回的原因听起来很奇怪。他不仅声称自己最初是被迫出售这件球衣的，而且还有以下说法：
根据申请，这家人最初同意拍卖这件球衣，但后来多次要求撤回该物品，但都无济于事。德西德里告诉cllct，他的儿子后悔了，不想再拍卖了。
德西德里还声称，他与Goldin签署的合同将被视为无效，因为他不知道，如果没有法院指定的监护人，任何为儿童财产支付的超过50000美元的款项都是非法的。该财产是德西德里的还是他儿子的，可能对该主张至关重要。
所以，德西德里不仅声称他的儿子“后悔”出售球衣的决定（而不是他），而且他意识到他所做的事情可能已经违法了。第二部分是很有可能的，但在后悔方面把责任推给他的儿子？正如我在1月份消息刚传出时，我对新闻的反应中所说的那样，这个儿子看起来太小了，可能没有意识到到底发生了什么，因此没有投入情感，而且看起来好像他的父母策划了整个事件，而这才是最终目标。现在，这家人突然想放弃73000美元——是他们最初起价的7倍多——因为儿子后悔了？我不相信。
德西德里还声称，Goldin未经他们的同意使用了他们的姓名和肖像，这导致了“广泛的曝光和情感伤害”，可能是因为这次出售收到了强烈的反对。就他们而言，Goldin的首席执行官肯·戈尔丁(Ken Goldin)表示，他们从未联系过德西德里，也没有迫使他出售这件球衣；相反，情况恰恰相反。他称德西德里为“经历了卖家反悔的人，并代表他的未成年儿子，要求法院‘重写和解除双方的合同’。”
戈尔丁还说，他们直到2月21日才收到撤回球衣的请求，也就是拍卖结束的前一天，而不是像声称的那样多次。值得注意的是，那是在宣布 文班 因肩膀血栓而缺席本赛季剩余比赛的第二天，但德西德里告诉cllct，这个消息并没有影响他试图阻止出售的决定。
这真是一个非常不寻常的故事，但正如我们之前所说，希望这不会阻止 文班 在未来做出类似的善举。对于那些想利用孩子赚钱的成年人和球迷来说，这也是一个教训，即使它像出售一些体育纪念品一样无害。检查当地法律，如果你无法忍受强烈的反对，就不要如此公开地去做。
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Jersey Victor Wembanyama gave to young fan sells for $73,000 — now, family wants it back
There’s something rotten in the state of New York, and it’s … never mind.
Here we go again. In case anyone missed it, back on December 27, Victor Wembanyama was involved in one of the most heartwarming jersey exchanges we’ve ever seen. As a refresher, they had just beaten the Brooklyn Nets (in Brooklyn), and after the game, Wemby exchanged his jersey with a young fan with a sign asking to swap jerseys. It was an adorable moment that quickly went viral.
Best jersey swap ever pic.twitter.com/mcJxJQXlJI
— San Antonio Spurs (@ spurs) December 28, 2024
Then, a few weeks later, the jersey was up for auction starting at $10,000. This drew mixed reactions from the public, ranging from criticism of the family — particularly the dad — for taking advantage of Wemby’s kindness and seemingly using his son for profit, to more sympathetic views like, “it’s their business, we don’t know their financial situation, etc.”. Wemby himself responded to the news with a crying emoji.
— Wemby (@ wemby) January 15, 2025
Now, the story has taken an even crazier turn. After the jersey sold at auction for $73,000 over the weekend, the dad, identified as Frankie Desideri, Sr, reportedly filed a restraining order (which was denied) against the auction company, Goldin Auctions, to withdraw the sale of the jersey, as first reported by memorabilia site cllct.com. However, Desideri’s reasoning for trying to withdraw sounds off. Not only does he claim he was pressured into selling the jersey in the first place, but there’s also this:
According to the request, the family originally consented to auctioning the jersey, but later made multiple requests to have the item withdrawn, to no avail. Desideri told cllct his son had regrets and didn’t want to auction it off anymore.
Desideri further claimed the contract he signed with Goldin will be nullified because he did not know it is illegal for any payments made for a child’s property to be sold for more than $50,000 without a court-appointed guardian. Whether the property was Desideri’s or his son’s could he material to that claim.
So, not only is Desideri claiming his son “regrets” the decision to sell the jersey (not him), but he figured out what he did may have been illegal. The second part is quite possible, but pointing the blame towards his son in terms of regret? As I said in my reaction to the news when it first broke back in January, the son seemed too young and possibly unaware of what exactly was going on to be emotionally invested, and it sure seemed like his parents set up the entire chain of events with this being the ultimate goal. Now, the family suddenly wants to give up $73,000 — more than 7x more than they originally started at — because the son has regrets? I’m not buying it.
Desideri also claims that Goldin used their names and likeness without their consent, which led to “widespread exposure and emotional harm,” likely due to the backlash the sale received. For their part, Goldin CEO Ken Goldin has said they never contacted Desideri or pressured him into selling the jersey; rather, it was the other way around. He referred to Desideri as someone who “experienced seller’s remorse and, on behalf of his minor son, asked the court to ‘rewrite and unwind the parties’ contract.’”
Goldin also said they did not receive a request to withdraw the jersey until February 21, a day before the auction ended, not multiple times as was claimed. Of note, that was the day after it was announced that Wemby would miss the rest of the season with a blood clot in his shoulder, but Desrideri told cllct that the news played no part in his decision to try to stop the sale.
It’s all a very unusual story, but as we said before, hopefully this doesn’t stop Wemby from performing similar acts of kindness in the future. It’s also a lesson to adults and fans out there who want use their children to make money, even if it’s as harmless as selling some sports memorabilia. Check local laws, and don’t do it so publicly if you can’t stand the backlash.
By Marilyn Dubinski, via Pounding The Rock