Ndamukong Suh saves Louie Anderson's life ...

To be fair, we also take some good shows and stupid them up.

 

"I started out just like you. Kicking people in the crotch. But now, I'm tackling quarterbacks, and soon, I'll be a celebrity diver. And that's where the big bucks come in!"

 

True, but I'm amazed that he still has as many national ads and he does. I figured Subway would have fired him ages ago. There aren't too many NFL defensive players with national ads, at least not for a company as mainstream as Subway.

He has a commercial for Chrysler too doesn't he?

That's amazing for a player whose reputation is as bad as his is.

 

I guess, but you could put Ray Lewis in that category too. If you're at the top of your game and the people who buy those products admire you, that trumps a lot of bad behavior.

 

Suh probably signed those deals as a rookie when he was a good story. And they are probably coming up for renewal (or non-renewal) pretty soon.

 

True, but ads get pulled all the time when players get in trouble for various reasons. I remember Favre had a bunch of ads pulled when the whole "dick pic" story was going around. Almost all of those national ads have behavioral clauses where the athlete can be fired for doing just about anything wrong...

I just wonder if Subway and Chrysler invested so much in the ads that they didn't want to pull them. Wasn't he arrested during the season as well?

I've noticed that Tiger Woods seems to be getting a lot more face time in commercials lately, so maybe some of these companies are willing to forgive and forget.

 

I don't think Suh's violations, which are all on-field, come close to what Favre and Tiger did to their rep. There wouldn't be any reason to pull the ads necessarily and make a big scene of it, just maybe more motivation to turn to another spokesman when the time comes.

 

I dunno... if he's trying to rehab his image, I'm not sure saving Louie Anderson is the way to do it.

 

1988 would have been devastated if Louie had died.

 

Suh's had some off-the-field issues -- he's not exactly a patient driver -- but the only one that has caused any major issues was the wreck in Portland that got him sued by one of his passengers. Just settled it for $130K. I don't think that's going to help him with Chrysler, especially since he wrecked a vintage Chevy, but I doubt Subway will care much.

 

Already has season pass set on DVR.