Allen Iverson, of the Philadelphia 76ers, has decided to hang it up for the season to be with his sick 4-year-old daughter. A week later, his wife of 8 years, filed for a divorce. The former NBA MVP who led his Sixers to the NBA finals in 1997 has been on the down turn of his career as of late. He left the team this season to care for his daughters undisclosed illness.

You could imagine the amount of stress that he must have been in. I think sometimes we think that athletes are the property of sports fans and need to perform night in and night out. In all reality, though they make millions of dollars, athletes have complicated lives in so many ways.

He's obviously on the tail end of his career and retiring seems practical at this point, but I think he still has the desire to be out on the court. Or maybe he just wanted to stay out on the floor to stay away from his wife. 76ers general manager Ed Stefanski said that the situation was hurting the team. “It has been very difficult for Allen and the team to maintain any consistency as he tries to balance his career with his personal life,” he said.

At the end of the day, the NBA is a business just like working for your boss. It's unfortunate that an athlete of his caliber can't go out on top. Like the person who likes to leave people laughing when he leaves the room, Iverson needs an exit!