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Tom Brady gives New Yorkers another reason to hate him
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Sacrilege!
Not to mention hubris.
None of the above
When Seaver was a child, there was a TV cartoon character named Tom Terrific. You don't see him complaining.
This is the ONLY "Tom Terrific"
And his faithful canine companion...
Mighty Manfred ... and his evil opponent Crabby Appleton (rotten to the core)
Crabby changed his name to
Belichick.
Yes, and Seaver didn't try to
Yes, and Seaver didn't try to own the rights or anything.
One of the news articles mentions that old show and that all of those rights had expired.
In this case, Brady is trying to get control of that name for his marketing. He probably isn't thinking of being a jerk himself, but the plain fact is he's doing for business/marketing. His publicity/legal people will assert his rights on his behalf, because that's what they do, and if they (he) didn't make use of it he'd lose it. Seaver isn't going to be doing autograph shows and the like due to health (he's basically retired from public life), but it raises the possibility of Brady's people interfering with Seaver or his family selling any autographed memorabilia.
Teat-of-Mammon-sucking Tom
Teat-of-Mammon-sucking Tom Brady.
He *had* to do this. Uh-huh.
Just another automaton.
It is no small wonder that I despise professional sports athletes, and corporations, but not the athletics.
I'm sure I've seen sports
I'm sure I've seen sports publicity/marketing/self-promotion moves more stupid than this plenty of times before now...
...but at the moment I can't think of any of them.
What's surprising is that it's Brady doing this. He's smarter than this.
Brady fatigue.
I personally never gave him that much credit, he's a faceman who throws a ball particularly well.
I, mean c'mon. At his own charity event the dudes walkin' around wearing a shirt with his own face on it. He's just a doofus, a vehicle to hang billboards from.
Pretty sure his "empire" is buoyed by his twice-as-wealthy-twice-as-smart supermodel wife who navigated her way through an arguably more cut-throat business than Sportsball.
Snake Oil Salesman
Personally, I don't think the guy that claims drinking special water prevents concussions is "smarter than this."
How different would Boston sports history have been
If Tom Seaver had been healthy enough to pitch in the 1986 World Series? He was actually a part of the Red Sox team that year (he got hurt that summer and retired the following year) and, even at his age, would have been an upgrade from Oil Can and (especially) Al Nipper in either Game 3 or Game 4.
That's right!
I want to say that he came in from the White Sox for Steve Lyons...
There SHOULD be a massive bronze statue on the Common
Dedicated to Mo Lewis.
It's hard to hear the whining.
When his 6 rings are clinking together.
He is buying avocado ice cream and 4 gallons of water for each of his haters.
Living vicariously
through a professional athlete ain't no way to go through life, son.
Tom Seaver
Who?
Wow
Tom's head is now overinflated like the Patriot footballs years ago...