Posted on Thu Apr 19, 2007 at 10:01:30 AM EST in NFL
More on: Chargers, LaDanian Tomlinson, Vince Young, Madden curse, marketing, NFL, EA sports (all tags)

EA Sports: LT, we want you to have the honor of being on the Madden 08 cover!
LaDanian Tomlinson: Awesome. How much does it pay?
EA: Well, $200,000 and you get to go to a bunch of personal appearances to promote the game!
LT: $200,000? What's $200,000 to me? Ain't s%#$. Next time I might shake my... Forget it.
EA: Vince Young was our guy all along!
Vince Young: I heard you guys sell millions of copies. Isn't that gonna take a long time for me to pose for each cover?

According to CNBC, Tomlinson turned down the cover not because of the curse but because it didn't pay his market value. Most athletes are willing to go below their market price because of the prestige of the Madden cover but not LT. He wanted his money. Of course LT didn't turn it down because of the curse. Professional athletes think they're invinceable so they'll be the one who avoids the curse. However, when Vince Young goes down this year, Saints fans will pay Reggie Bush so he doesn't sign when the EA folks approach him for Madden 09.

Links:
[CNBC]: Tomlinson Turns Down Madden, Rutgers Coach Cashes In, No Texting & Another MJ

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Posted on Mon Apr 16, 2007 at 05:28:22 PM EST in NFL
More on: Andre Agassi, Madden curse, LaDanian Tomlinson, sports marketing, Vikings, tennis, soccer, video, Odds and Ends (all tags)

Chunky Soup has announced their latest lineup of "Mama's Boys" and fans are hoping that their players aren't affected by the Chunky Soup Curse. The eight man roster of LaDainian Tomlinson, Matt Hasselbeck, Vince Young, Larry Johnson, Jonathan Vilma, DeMarcus Ware, Devin Hester and Todd Heap is the largest that Chunky has ever had.

In a completely unrelated bit of info, we've previously stated that Jesus shouldn't have any part in sports, especially in the Masters, but apparently some people don't agree. And apparently he plays for the Dallas Cowboys.

In other news...

[Our Book of Scrap]: Speaking of curses, some Chargers fans are so concerned about the Madden Curse that they've started a petition against having LaDanian on the cover.

[10,000 Takes]: Cedric Griffin kicked out of a nightclub for not pulling up his pants. Hey, at least it wasn't for pulling down his pants.

[Yahoo]: Oh sure, Agassi, go to the 'I accidentally hit my wife with a racket during a fundraiser' excuse. Jason Kidd sure does wish he'd thought of that one.

And finally, we've seen elephants playing soccer and puppies getting flagged for pooping in the Puppy Bowl but this might take the cake. Check out this video of a bunch of crazy Japanese drivers in some sort of weird demolition derby/soccer game.

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