This is a pretty sad day, I'm watching Cold Pizza right now and they are talking about Joe Montana and why he didn't appear at the Super Bowl when they introduced all the previous Super Bowl MVP's. Another notable who didn't come out was former Pittsburgh great Terry Bradshaw. Bradshaw didn't come out because he wanted to be with his family. Joe Montana didn't come out because he wanted to get paid and the league couldn't promise him that so he left. This is not so shocking to me because Montana grew up in the town right next to where I live right now. He attended Ringold/Donora school district in Southwestern, PA. The same highschool that produced Ken Griffey Jr. who is a distant cousin of my girlfriend (had to put that in). Anyway, years ago Joe was asked to come back to his highschool alma mater and passed because they werent gonna pay him enough money. This is pretty sad considering Montana is one of the greatest quarterbacks to play the game.
I like Montana, but you gotta give something back to the sport that gave you all of your money in the first place.He turned down 2 SuperBowl Tickets, a thousand dollers, round trip tickets, expenses paid hotel room because he wanted to attend 'his daughters basketball game' and because they werent giving him enough money...they also implied that Bradshaw didnt go because of money...Very weak by both of them.
I was disappointed that Terry Bradshaw wasn't there. Oh well, at least Lynn Swann and Franico Harris were
why does it matter if they were there or not? THat shouldn't change your views on great players. Bradshaw has a family and wanted to be with them, if anything that should add to your view on how great a person he is.
Yeah but that Montana stuff about the $$$ really says something about the kind of person he is. No one is trying to take away any of the great things he did on the field, it's just a kinda big let-down to hear that. All the other guys were there but him--just isn't right. I understand Bradshaw wanting to be with his family, that's an O.K. excuse. Some of my friends wanted me to go over to their house and get crunk with them and watch the game but I turned them down to watch the game with my dad cuz he's on the job every weekend and this is the first weekend he's been off all during football season, so I'd rather be with my family too.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Montana, Bradshaw deny missing ceremony over $$ESPN.com news servicesWhen the NFL unveiled its MVPs from the previous 39 Super Bowls, only three living members skipped the ceremony.Former 49ers quarterback Joe Montana and former Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw decided to stay home, while former Dolphins MVP Jake Scott was traveling in Australia.Montana, the league's only three-time Super Bowl MVP, and Bradshaw reportedly turned down the invitation over money.Both denied the reports.In a phone interview with "Quite Frankly" host Stephen A. Smith on Monday night, Montana vehemently denied forgoing the ceremony over money and reiterated that his absence was due to his preference to see his son's basketball game.Montana told ESPN last week that he wasn't going to attend the Super Bowl because his son had an important basketball game he wanted to attend. Bradshaw, according to the Chronicle, told league officials he wanted to be with his family.Montana said money was never an issue and that he would not have attended the Super Bowl ceremony even if the appearance fee had been greater than the $100,000 he was reported to have requested.Former MVPs were given $1,000 for incidental expenses while in Detroit, along with other amenities such as plane tickets, car rental and game tickets.Sources told each paper that Montana asked for a guarantee of at least $100,000 in appearance money.When the league balked at Montana's demands, the quarterback declined to be in attendance.Bradshaw, through a representative, denied the Chronicle's report that there was a dispute over money.</div>http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs05/n...tory?id=2321024
