Although it's hard to believe that Eli Manning has actually turned into a marketable endorsement commodity, but that Super Bowl performance of his may have pushed Eli into the same hemisphere as his wildly-overexposed older brother, Peyton.Rumors are swirling this week that Eli is going to be the next cover boy for EA's Madden football franchise.
Is someone yanking me here?
*ELI* Manning is going to be on the cover of Madden '09?! Have I stumbled into an alternate universe of some sort?
Was that one throw to David Tyree in the fourth quarter THAT good? To quote from the article I link to above:
I wonder what's the largest amount of money one athlete has ever made from a single game or single play.
Mike Eruzione's goal was probably quite lucrative (especially since his earnings in hockey from that point on were somewhere around $0). Cedric Ceballos made way too much money after winning the dunk contest, and Buster Douglas's win over Mike Tyson drastically changed his financial future.
I guess my final thoughts on this are: If it's true that there really is a Madden Cover Curse, then (a) Giants fans are collectively having a fuss-fit right now, and (b) the cover subject probably should have been Adrian Peterson - that makes more sense, dontcha think?
---JohnnyU
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