welp.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/02/04/russell-wilson-hangs-out-with-jay-z/

Golden Tate on local radio today (easy to say this now...we'll see if he actually puts his money where his mouth is): "I would rather take a little less to stay and win ballgames than take a little more and play in a crappy city."

And by the way, with an owner like Paul Allen, what's to stop him from paying, say, Russell Wilson $20M to do Microsoft ads and keeping his football salary low. Are there rules against that?

some people need a spell check before they make a post


bammer needs a stupid check

It's an honest question. What kind of rules are in place about advertising contracts for players? There are plenty of pro athletes out there making more from endorsements than their team is paying them for salary.

Is there a rule barring Russell Wilson from signing a mega contract with Nike? No.

Is there a rule barring Russell Wilson from signing a mega contract with a company that Paul Allen is tied to? That's what I am asking.

i think the NFL at a league level might have some say in that, but I'm not sure.

maybe its just if they reference actual NFL stuff in the commercial though

players seem to do local auto sales ads all the time

this was the original superbowlt halftime show but it got bumped for the RHCPs doing karaoke of their own song

Only 700,000 show up for Seattle's victory celebration? 12th man, my ass. That's a wimpy number.

It's Coach. He's dead serious.

I just thought that you'd find more than 1 million for a team's first championship celebration, but after looking into this deeper I didn't realize how small Seattle's population is so the 700K is impressive.

Here's some more for reference:

2002 Patriots first championship celebration - 1.2 million

2012 San Fran Giants (MLB) - 1 million

2012 Ravens - 200,000 (weak!)

2011 NY Giants - 500,000 to 1 million (weak, considering)

That's why I wasn't sure. I thought it was a great turnout. Especially considering the Seattle plus the metro area is only around 3.5 million.

Agreed, sorry for the confusion

Some news stations were reporting that the number was actually 750k to 1 million for the turnout. Nobody counted and people were everywhere.

They can take photographs from helicopters and such, and then these wicked smart people are somehow able to put them all together to offer an estimate.

how much of that were people just trying to go about their daily business while being swept up in the crowd area

people gotta pick up dry cleaning and stuff

Seattle is bordered by water on two sides, and only one major freeway running North/South.

Not exactly easy to get that many people downtown. That's what stood out to me, the traffic headed into the city. Unreal lines at bus stops and whatnot. People put amazing effort into just getting there. You should have seen some of the places people were parking their cars.

The parade route is about 2.5 miles. Minimum 15-people deep on both sides of the street the whole way. Much more in a lot of spots.

I have never seen anything like it.

The parade went by your spot in about 15 minutes. People spent literally all day getting in and out for a 15 minute show.

Bump.

5-1 odds the Seahawks take Michael Sam. Not sure how early we'll want a DE but I can totally see Seattle taking him if the spot/round is right.

It's awesome. My first thought about the Lombardi Trophy (seeing it in person) was just how freakin' shiny it was, even from seeing it from several hundred yards away.

legion of boom