Ray, When I stopped watching, the total was just over 200K and did not see what the total was...thanx.
On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Ray Champagne<[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:300102 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
