State Farm actually gave around $650,000 to the Boys and Girls Club. Awesome...
On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think the 'prima donna' is the vocal minority in professional > sports. Unfortunately, they are the ones who get plastered all over > the news when they do stupid shit (Like Plaxico Buress, or Pacman > Jones). > > Most of the guys work hard at their job and support their communities, > just like most of us. The only difference is that when they go to > work it is broadcast to millions of people. > > I would hazard a guess that there are no more 'prima donnas' in sports > as there are in any other profession. > > Professional sports also raises a lot of money for charity. In the > home run derby last night over $200,000 was raised for charity. The > PGA tour alone has raised almost 1 billion dollars for charity since > it started. I can deal with the occasional asshole for that kind of > fund raising. > > On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Bruce Sorge<[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Therein lies the problem. Yes, they busted their ass all their life to > > get into professional sports, but then look what happens. They turn into > > prima-donas. I am all for them getting paid because this is their "job", > > but I think that they get paid wayyyyy to much. And then you have the > > Dion Sanders of the world who won't play because their big toe hurts. > > What happened to the guys of the '70s who played with broken bones and > > shit? Guys who would get teeth knocked out and still play, bleeding all > > over the field? Those were real athletes. Real men. The star athletes of > > today are a bunch of spoiled little bitches. Cut their pay down to a > > realistic level and tell them that if they want more, they need to earn > > it. Win games, bring home championships. > > I guess that is why I really only like NASCAR now. It takes a lot of > > athleticism to drive a car for four or five hours at over 100 MPH. I > > took a ride in one in California a few years ago, and the guy driving > > the car was not even going as fast as they do during a race, and that > > wore me out with just a few laps. > > Oh, and UFC. Real fighting. Not that bullshit WWF acting fake ass crap. > > > > G Money wrote: > >> > >> Money can change people, I won't deny that...but don't deny the real > work > >> and dedication that was required for them to get where they are. > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:300096 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
