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Superbowl is for Sissies IV

Posted: February 3, 2013 in Uncategorized
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Salaries for Team Members of San Francisco 49ers:

Alex Smith $9,500,000
2 Justin Smith $8,208,333
3 Vernon Davis $8,017,667
4 Patrick Willis $6,537,000
5 Dashon Goldson $6,212,000
6 Frank Gore $6,000,000
7 Carlos Rogers $5,500,000
8 Michael Crabtree $5,359,000
9 Isaac Sopoaga $4,955,000
10 Anthony Davis $4,413,667
11 Donte Whitner $4,383,333
12 Ray McDonald $4,050,000
13 Jonathan Goodwin $3,716,667
14 David Akers $3,566,667
15 Aldon Smith $3,269,091
16 Mike Iupati $2,958,863
17 Ahmad Brooks $2,850,000
18 Mario Manningham $2,550,000
19 Randy Moss $2,500,000
20 Joe Staley $2,000,000
21 Andy Lee $1,963,000
22 Delanie Walker $1,905,000
23 Tarell Brown $1,804,187
24 Brandon Jacobs $1,575,000
25 Ted Ginn Jr. $1,375,000
26 A.J. Jenkins $1,263,188
27 Larry Grant $1,260,000
28 Colin Kaepernick $1,164,610
29 Brian Jennings $1,096,000
30 C.J. Spillman $1,083,333
31 Clark Haggans $1,000,000
32 Leonard Davis $950,000
33 Alex Boone $930,000
34 Navorro Bowman $665,562
35 Ricky Jean Francois $625,750
36 Chris Culliver $613,750
37 LaMichael James $603,250
38 Kendall Hunter $558,750
39 Tramaine Brock $540,000
40 Tavares Gooden $540,000
41 Darcel McBath $540,000
42 Anthony Dixon $510,000
43 Kyle Williams $509,837
44 Daniel Kilgore $505,075
45 Joe Looney $496,301
46 Bruce Miller $480,613
47 Scott Tolzien $469,166
48 Eric Bakhtiari $465,000
49 Perrish Cox $465,000
50 Demarcus Dobbs $465,000
51 Will Tukuafu $465,000
52 Ian Williams $465,000
53 Trenton Robinson $417,625
54 Garrett Celek $390,000

Salaries for Team Members of the Baltimore Ravens:

Haloti Ngata $10,400,000
2 Ed Reed $9,571,428
3 Joe Flacco $8,000,000
4 Anquan Boldin $7,531,250
5 Ray Lewis $5,600,000
6 Ray Rice $5,000,000
7 Vonta Leach $4,333,333
8 Marshal Yanda $3,650,000
9 Bryant McKinnie $3,200,000
10 Lardarius Webb $2,615,000
11 Sam Koch $2,200,000
12 Michael Oher $2,035,000
13 Bernard Pollard $1,950,000
14 Dannell Ellerbe $1,927,000
15 Cary Williams $1,927,000
16 Jameel McClain $1,900,000
17 Jimmy Smith $1,695,672
18 Matt Birk $1,625,000
19 Jacoby Jones $1,600,000
20 Bobbie Williams $1,325,000
21 Corey Graham $1,300,000
22 Brendon Ayanbadejo $1,058,333
23 Courtney Upshaw $963,000
24 Sean Considine $890,000
25 Paul Kruger $865,000
26 Billy Bajema $825,000
27 Ma’ake Kemoeatu $825,000
28 Terrence Cody $820,000
29 Torrey Smith $770,224
30 Ed Dickson $760,833
31 James Ihedigbo $700,000
32 Dennis Pitta $663,667
33 Kelechi Osemele $608,340
34 Jah Reid $605,810
35 Arthur Jones $584,500
36 Tandon Doss $568,140
37 Morgan Cox $540,000
38 Bernard Pierce $528,986
39 Ramon Harewood $514,723
40 Gino Gradkowski $511,000
41 Chykie Brown $501,140
42 Pernell McPhee $501,140
43 Tyrod Taylor $491,327
44 Christian Thompson $465,146
45 Anthony Allen $465,000
46 Sergio Kindle $465,000
47 Albert McClellan $465,000
48 Asa Jackson $426,140
49 DeAngelo Tyson $401,898
50 Bryan Hall $390,000
51 Deonte Thompson $390,000
52 Justin Tucker $390,000
53 LaQuan Williams $390,000

Superbowl is for Sissies III

Posted: February 3, 2013 in Uncategorized
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For some reason sporting events, including college events and national professional events, have become events that showcase the military. I’m glad we thank our men and women who serve in military service. But that isn’t the only profession that contributes to the common good. Perhaps it is because sporting events symbolize the conflict of oppositions. I don’t know. But I vote for Doctors without Borders for next Superbowl.

I just recently attended a University of Missouri basketball game in which new National Guard recruits were commissioned on the basketball floor right before the game began. Why? I’m glad they were. But why there and then? Next game I vote for all those new graduates who have a agreed to do a three year term in the Peace Corps.

Give us the sports. Let’s honor our folks in military another time. They are not the same nor do they automatically belong together.

Superbowl is for Sissies II

Posted: February 3, 2013 in Uncategorized
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What used to be a sporting event is now an entertainment event. Television did it. We craft everything around television. The athlete, the fan, the sport is secondary. Get in line after number 1: The networks that are making a killing, right after the snack and beverage industry.

You are entertaining us to death.

No thank you.

Superbowl is for Sissies

Posted: February 3, 2013 in Uncategorized
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Part I: The patriotic opening that used to be a collective expression of a whole people, i.e., the singing of the national anthem, has turned into a performance opportunity for a soloist or group: an expression of the entertainment culture. We passively receive the performer’s offering. Well, done. You really sing good, thanks. Pass the popcorn. Hell of song, let me tell you.