And what was the appearance of Mick Jagger all about? Do you think he got $100,000? I do. I think a willing buyer paid more than $100,000 to a willing Jagger to be titillated by his grotesquely. Certainly, it was about money. The whole of the super bowl is about money, just ask the millions of dollar per minute advertisers.
We must move away from this left wing notion that somehow money is evil. Money is how we as a society place value on almost everything, including love and our time. Joe Montana is entitled to negotiate his price and the NFL is entitled to decline to pay it without moral judgments from us.
Is Bradshaw more to be admired than Montana? The former because he preferred time with his family, the later because his price was not met. But was that Bradshaw's real reason? Guess what, I do not care.
But I do care if society replaces the free market place with soupy notions of "history" or "greatness." What the hell does football skills have to do with greatness? I say give Montana the Pete Rose trophy and end this sham.
Take it from me,
Shoeless Joe Jackson
