e. His high school coach offers to give him ten thousand dollars cash as a thank you for helping lead his team to a national championship, but with real hopes for retribution a few years down the road. Jesus casually refuses the money, and walks out of his coachs office. Jesus also discovers that his girlfriend, whom he loved, was simply a hired assistant of a big-time sports agent hoping to land Shuttlesworth as a new client. The agent with whom she attempts to set up the young star, offers Jesus a valuable watch as incentive to sign a contract to enter the National Basketball Association draft immediately after graduating from high school. Despite all of the corrupt activity around him, and the temptation he must feel, Jesus is the only one able to stay focused and overlook the money that would eventually be his.Aside from these influences that Jesus is exposed to, he is also feeling a great deal of his pressure from his father to enrol at Big State University. His father was informed by the Warden at Attica State Penitentiary that he could get early parole if he convinced his son to attend Big State, the alma matter of the Governor of New York. Jesus, who eventually decides to enrol at Big State University, is a character with strong morals and ideals. As difficult as it must be for him to turn away cash, cars, jewellery and women, Jesus simply refuses all of it. He is a character who symbolizes strength, determination, and strong moral values. The accuracy of the depiction of corruption in collegiate athletics in He Got Game is excellent. Although many believe that the majority of corrupt and scandalous activity is sports is still undocumented, a wealth of knowledge about the issue does exist today. Many NCAA naturalists and historians feel that the NCAA has become too commercial and widespread, thus causing owners and other team and league executives to cheat and make illegal deals in order to generate more income for...
