Hear that?
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- June
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Those crickets mean it’s the offseason. Time for the NFL to take a quick nap before the clamor of rookies signing monster contracts wakes everybody up.
But for those who can’t get enough …
Jets GM Mike Tannenbaum was named to a new GM committee the NFL has formed, which is being co-chaired by former Giants GM Ernie Accorsi. Accorsi, who still lives in Manhattan, said the league picked a GM from each division and four at large spots for the job.
Although the committee’s focus of “integrity” and “expanded use of technology” might seem to hearken back to Spygate, NFL spokesperson Greg Aiello said that particular issue didn’t prompt the committe’s formation. “No more so than any other issue,” Aiello said.
In other news: MetLife has signed on to be the official insurance of the Giants and Jets, and will be able to name one of four entrances to the new Meadowlands Stadium. A marketing source tells the AP the deal could be worth $10 to $15 million.
And if you want to read more on the rookies, espn.com’s James Walker has a story on the NFL’s program to take all rookies to the NFL Hall of Fame in Canton. Great idea, right? And guess who thought of it… none other than inductee Michael Irvin.
And the Jets made a bunch of front office moves official, the story is here.
And finally a basketball item. Last Friday we got a tip that Knick Stephon Marbury was in Westchester County Supreme Court, suing a contractor over drainage issues in his Purchase home. Simple, right? Happens to everyone…
Except that Marbury is going to make $21 million in the last year of a $70 million contract and he’s suing for the grand (and possibly inflated) sum of … $1.o7 million.
I got to thinking about this over the weekend (feel free to chime in on this) and Marbury must really, really, hate his contractor. This case has been going on since 2005, and he has chosen to sit in a very un-luxurious courtroom (no scented soaps in the restrooms, no Egyptian cotton sheets) to give hours of testimony on gutters and drains, taking questions from a guy who might have watched a little too much “My Cousin Vinny.”
Yes, to you or I, $1.07 million is a significant sum—but Marbury could buy that dude’s contracting business and have a lawnmower smashing contest and never miss the cash. That’s even if you don’t factor in all the shoe money.
My thoughts—it’s a grudge. Gives you a little insight into Marbury, if you were looking for any.
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Jane McManus 
Well you sure got a nice amount of stuff into this post. Thanks. I don’t think taking rookies to the H.O.F. is going to make anyone work harder to get there. I wonder if anything good is going to come out of this GM thing. Have a great week and thanks for doing a great job.
I think its naive and foolish to think that just because a man makes 21 million dollar a year, that 1.07 million is nothing.. thats a large fraction of your earnings, that in his mind he made honestly and with hard work (in his mind i said).
If I made $50,000 a year, and someone I paid to do a job for $2,000 to do didnt do it right, and then insisted they did, I’d be angry.
Especially with the cash flow these athletes must use on a yearly basis, 1 million may be a lot.. look at all the broke former athletes like Mike Tyson.. save a penny today..