The Profitability of Poppin’ Bottles

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The phrase “poppin’ (popping) bottles” is used whenever a man, woman, or group chooses to celebrate an occasion by opening bottles of champagne.  The sports world loves to display this term after a big game.  Most frequently people may see bottles popped after an NFL Super Bowl victory, an NBA championship victory, or an MLB World Series win.

Other sporting athletes, entertainers, and regular common class citizens pop bottles just the same.  There are some athletes who probably should only pop glasses of champagne instead of bottles.  According to Sports Illustrated, ex-NFL QB, Vince Young reportedly borrowed $300 thousand to throw a party for one night.  One-night ladies and gentleman…one night!  Now, it was also reported that Vince made $26 million in guaranteed money back in 2006 when he signed his contract playing with the Tennessee Titans.$26 million in guaranteed funds from 2006 to 2012 averages to $4 million per year.  How can one athlete go from having $4 million a year to borrowing $300k for a party?

Can Fans & the Media Make or Break Joe Flacco’s Salary?

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Before the 2012 NFL playoffs began, I was a non-believer in Joe Flacco, quarterback (QB) of the 2012-2013 World Champion, Baltimore Ravens.  Flacco had and still has every physical prototype attribute NFL teams are looking for in today’s work environment.  He has the height, weight, and arm strength to back up his resume.  Flacco measures at 6 foot 6 inches, 245 pounds and arguably has the strongest arm in the league.  Even before he won the Super Bowl, there was no one who would argue the strength of Flacco’s arm.  The one thing that Flacco did not have before winning Super Bowl 47 was the “it” factor.  My definition of the "it" factor is an intangible desire inside of a person that makes a player want to win more than anything in the world. 

For some reason, I just believed that Flacco was the type of guy who was winning games because of the vaunted Ravens defense for the last few years.  I still believe the Ravens D had a lot to do with the wins in previous years, but Flacco proved everyone wrong this past season.

This past season also happened to be the year Flacco was playing in the final year of his contract.  Wow, Flacco proved his value.  Since everyone knows Flacco won the Super Bowl, why are fans and the media questioning whether he should be paid like the other top QBs in the game? 

Super Bowl XLVII (47) Prediction

Sunday , February 3, 2013 

Photo courtesy of Aeryssports.com

CBS 6:30 pm EST

Baltimore Ravens vs. San Francisco 49ers (Mercedes-Benz Super Dome)

New Orleans, Louisiana.  Known to some as the NOLA or Weezy, New Orleans will be host to this year's Super Bowl 47.

You can call it the Harbaugh Bowl, the Harbowl, the brothers bowl, or whatever.  One thing is for sure….