So how much did Earl Bennett REALLY lose for his bright orange shoes?
I started to search for something on my phone this morning, when bright orange shoes caught my eye. Yes, it was the cover story on AT&T’s mobile site (my default – pfft) that made me click. The headline?
NFL Player Fined for What He Wore
So.. I clicked on “See for yourself”
Apparently, Earl Bennett was fined $5,000 for wearing these shoes:
Even though he was warned that he would be fined, Bennett makes $550,000 a year, so he wasn’t really worried about one fine. HOWEVER, the question isn’t if his wife was upset with him for letting those orange Nikes kick five grand to the curb. The question is, how much money did he MAKE off of those orange shoes? I’m sure there was a worth while deal in there somewhere! If there wasn’t… I’m sure there is now!
Even NFL players don’t take a deliberate fine for nothing!
Oh..good point..I hadn’t even thought of what he MADE off those shoes!
I remember a few years ago when colleges were recruiting for football, the potential recruit picked a particular school, because “they had cool shoes”. Yeah, because that’s a good reason to attend one university over another. Good point on the $ earned factor.
Jay Cutler told ESPN 1000 this week that he would pay the fine for Bennett since the 5K meant much more to Bennett than Cutler.
Those shoes are ugly…he should have been fired hahaha
I’m going to say its more likely that he did it for the attention. He could have played terribly every week he wore those shoes and was fined… and still got coverage on espn.