Eli Manning's silver spoon got brighter

[Drip]

Giants give Manning a big $97 mil extension. When is enough, enough?
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4378407

 

[JC]

Giants give Manning a big $97 mil extension. When is enough, enough?
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4378407

when the money's not there to pay these salaries.

 

[Cousin Oliver]

Should pay for some new plaid polo shirts and khakis.

 

[spnited]

When you stop selling PSLs at 20K apiece.

 

[Comma Chameleon]

Silver spoon? That characterization seems way off to me. Archie didn't inherit any wealth, he worked hard for it, and Eli's first contract probably paid him better than what Archie made in the NFL. I'd use the term silver spoon about a lot of people before I'd ever think to use it about Eli.

 

[JR]

The only number that matters is the $35 million he's guaranteed.

And to answer Drip's question: when the league stops receiving $2 billion in broadcast rights.

 

[Oz]

How many silver spoons go to Ole Miss to play football as opposed to one of the glamor programs?

 

[Guy_Incognito]

That's a lot of money for a guy who can't handle the wind at home. I guess they're confident that the new stadium won't play the same way.

 

[BYH]

The only number that matters is the $35 million he's guaranteed.

And to answer Drip's question: when the league stops receiving $20 billion in broadcast rights.

I look forward to the NFL's cries of poverty two summers from now.

And if you're going to complain the players are getting too much of the pie, shouldn't you, you know, not give guys $100 mil contracts?

 

[Drip]

Archie is from Drew and goodness knows he wasn't born with a silver spoon. His boys? Well that's a different story. I don't think they've had to want for much in life.

 

[Jesus_Muscatel]

Archie is from Drew and goodness knows he wasn't born with a silver spoon. His boys? Well that's a different story. I don't think they've had to want for much in life.

While this is true they also were pretty grounded kids, best I could tell.

 

[ScribePharisee]

I hope Eli can get by on that while many Giants fans skip mortgage payments and a meal during the week they buy single-game tickets to watch his pampered ass play.

Does Archibald have enough of a retirement fallback cushion with his boys?

 

[JC]

I hope Eli can get by on that while many Giants fans skip mortgage payments and a meal during the week they buy single-game tickets to watch his pampered ass play.

Does Archibald have enough of a retirement fallback cushion with his boys?

So should he turn down the money? Ticket prices are about supply and demand, if they're to expensive people will stop going. As long as the stadium is full ticket prices will continue to rise.

 

[ScribePharisee]

I think most of those tickets are corporate write-offs that are being paid for by bailouts.

Seriously. Look at Cowboys Stadium. One million dollars to sit in a damn ground-level luxury box with access to the bar where you can go slap a Cowboy on the back as he trots out onto the field?

 

[JC]

I think most of those tickets are corporate write-offs that are being paid for by bailouts.

Seriously. Look at Cowboys Stadium. One million dollars to sit in a damn ground-level luxury box with access to the bar where you can go slap a Cowboy on the back as he trots out onto the field?

It's ridiculous, but if the team can get that money, why wouldn't they? We are constantly reminded that sports is a business, plain and simple.

 

[ScribePharisee]

Well, he can't sell the damn name.
Speaking of Cowboys Stadium, when is the old one going to be blown up? I had heard it was going to be done this summer to be part of that movie "2010."

 

[Bubbler]

I think most of those tickets are corporate write-offs that are being paid for by bailouts.

Of course you do.

 

[JC]

Well, he can't sell the damn name.
Speaking of Cowboys Stadium, when is the old one going to be blown up? I had heard it was going to be done this summer to be part of that movie "2010."

So what do you suggest they do?

 

[ScribePharisee]

Well, corporates spend like drunken sailors. Have you not read the Baltimore paper thread? These guys' yacht payments are due.

 

[ScribePharisee]

Well, he can't sell the damn name.
Speaking of Cowboys Stadium, when is the old one going to be blown up? I had heard it was going to be done this summer to be part of that movie "2010."

So what do you suggest they do?

What do you mean?