Former NBA star has new job as crossing guard

March 19, 2013 @ 5:03 am

SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) - Former NBA star Adrian Dantley spent years guarding opponents on the court. Now he's guarding schoolchildren as they cross the street.

Radio station WTOP ( http://bit.ly/YlNvyo) reports that Dantley, a hall-of-famer and former star for the Utah Jazz and Detroit Pistons, started working as a crossing guard in September. He works an hour a day at Eastern Middle School and New Hampshire Estates Elementary School in Silver Spring, Md.

Ths 6-foot-5 Dantley grew up in the area and says he took the job for the health care benefits and to have something to do. Montgomery County civil service records show he gets paid $14,685.50 a year. Dantley says he doesn't need the money.

He says he enjoys giving the young children high fives and encouragement.

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Information from: WTOP-FM, http://www.wtop.com


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  • Pair o'dimes wrote...
    14,000 for 1 hour a day?
    March 19, 2013 5:21 am
    If only you could string together a few more of those jobs. Even if you assume a 200 day school year (Washington has 180)the salary given works out to 73 dollars an hour, plus medical benefits.
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  • hpygolkyone wrote...
    Holy Crap!............
    March 19, 2013 6:43 am
    The teenagers at the local grocery store work 5 times as hard and are held under 40 hours a week, so the corporation DOESN'T have to pay any benefits.

    That's a pretty good gig!

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  • maplefish wrote...
    Just proves how government
    March 21, 2013 3:48 am
    Pisses away tax dollars! I applaud Mr. Dantley, but if he doesn't need the money, then why are we paying him and providing who's knows how much in health benefits for 5 hours of work a week??? And people wonder why we are in debt to China by $17 TRILLION
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