Seahawks Want Russell Wilson To Go Easy On The Endorsements
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Plenty of perks come your way when you're a Super Bowl-winning quarterback, one of them being endorsement offers for every product under the sun.
And when your performance outstrips your paycheck and you're making about one-twentieth of what some of your peers make, well, some of those endorsement checks start to look pretty tasty.
You can understand, then, why the Seattle Seahawks' Russell Wilson might jump at adding some endorsements to his portfolio. But you're (presumably) not tasked with making sure he wins football games. Seattle team execs are, and they want Wilson to "limit some of that exposure," according to a new report from ESPN's Chris Mortensen.
This latest "dissent in the Seattle locker room" story, which surfaced before the Seahawks' 13-9 victory against the Carolina Panthers, follows on the heels of the earlier "dissent in the Seattle locker room" story, in which some players allegedly claimed Wilson is "not black enough."
This report seems to indicate that the locker room's problem with Wilson is not racially-based, but organizationally, with players upset at his closeness with management, and management upset with the number of commercials in which Wilson now appears. Even though the commercials were all filmed in the offseason, Seattle may be concerned about the possibility of "distraction," apparently.
Of note, Wilson makes "only" about $660,000, or about half of what his backup, Tarvaris Jackson, makes. So yes, that might be at the heart of much of this as well.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/seahawks-want-russell-wilson-to-go-easy-on-the-endorsements--report-191108956.html
And when your performance outstrips your paycheck and you're making about one-twentieth of what some of your peers make, well, some of those endorsement checks start to look pretty tasty.
You can understand, then, why the Seattle Seahawks' Russell Wilson might jump at adding some endorsements to his portfolio. But you're (presumably) not tasked with making sure he wins football games. Seattle team execs are, and they want Wilson to "limit some of that exposure," according to a new report from ESPN's Chris Mortensen.
This latest "dissent in the Seattle locker room" story, which surfaced before the Seahawks' 13-9 victory against the Carolina Panthers, follows on the heels of the earlier "dissent in the Seattle locker room" story, in which some players allegedly claimed Wilson is "not black enough."
This report seems to indicate that the locker room's problem with Wilson is not racially-based, but organizationally, with players upset at his closeness with management, and management upset with the number of commercials in which Wilson now appears. Even though the commercials were all filmed in the offseason, Seattle may be concerned about the possibility of "distraction," apparently.
Of note, Wilson makes "only" about $660,000, or about half of what his backup, Tarvaris Jackson, makes. So yes, that might be at the heart of much of this as well.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/seahawks-want-russell-wilson-to-go-easy-on-the-endorsements--report-191108956.html
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They not payin him, but don't want him to eat otherwise?
They need to sign him long term asap then. -
? them. Get yo money Russ.
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The Seahawks lockerroom sounds like a ? hive.
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FlightKing wrote: »The Seahawks lockerroom sounds like a ? hive.
I was just about to post this. A bunch of diva ass ? . -
dallas' 4 eva wrote: »FlightKing wrote: »The Seahawks lockerroom sounds like a ? hive.
I was just about to post this. A bunch of diva ass ? .
Every week at this point. Marshawn Lynch is supposedly upset that Percy left and he's next. I swear Seahawks news should be posted on Bossip. -
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I have an idea. Russell should do the math on his endorsements. Tell the Seahawks organization how much money he makes and could possibly make in the future and cut him a check if it's that serious. NFL consistently get ? over, now you want this man to give up money he earned? ? OFF!! -
? them get money
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dallas' 4 eva wrote: »FlightKing wrote: »The Seahawks lockerroom sounds like a ? hive.
I was just about to post this. A bunch of diva ass ? .
They won one super bowl and acting prime time
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? that ?
let that dude eat
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This is some of the most ridiculous ? I've ever heard. There is no evidence that this has affected his commitment to the team/organization in any way, but they expect him to slow down because of perception? How could you tell somebody to stop getting money elsewhere because of the "possibility" of it becoming a distraction? Absurd.
Seahawks lookin shakyyy babyyyy. -
I think the Superbowl hangover effected them in a different way.
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I see those Richard Sherman commercials all the time.
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I just heard Russell Wilson say you "I don't know what that I'm not black enough stuff mean"
"All I know is that I'm a young educated male"
Why you can't be a young Black educated male
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That's why he don't have any black friends and his 6 Man Friendship circle. -
What about black on black crime
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I wouldn't be surprised if he leaves
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Seahawks are imploding, they won't make the playoffs at this rate
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What SB winning QB doesn't do endorsements?
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If im him im getting every ? endorsement I can I dont care if its Bob's furniture or rent-em-spoons just as a ? you what are you gonna do about it statement. Thats a grown ass man keep ? with me ill make a song with little wayne
You'd see me on some Aldi cereal boxes Russ O's.
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Damn, Tavaris Jackson is making almost double what he makes but they don't want him getting endorsement money? Come on Seahawks...
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they giving him that endorsement money back? Seahawks tripping...Make that paper
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The "black enough" argument is played out. Being black is not a ? characteristic, it's an ethnicity description. These muthafuckas need to just be football players and stop with the part-time neo-? activism. Not every black person needs to grow up in the hood and do stereotypical African-American ? . All he needs to do is be a man and support his family, friends and community and he's good enough for me, even if he never hangs out with a ? like me.
Damn, I hate these ? ? keep beating my Broncos... -
U think a damn football player, cares about another being black enough????FlightKing wrote: »The "black enough" argument is played out. Being black is not a ? characteristic, it's an ethnicity description. These muthafuckas need to just be football players and stop with the part-time neo-? activism. Not every black person needs to grow up in the hood and do stereotypical African-American ? . All he needs to do is be a man and support his family, friends and community and he's good enough for me, even if he never hangs out with a ? like me.
Damn, I hate these ? ? keep beating my Broncos...
But keep believing the media tho.
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U think a damn football player, cares about another being black enough????FlightKing wrote: »The "black enough" argument is played out. Being black is not a ? characteristic, it's an ethnicity description. These muthafuckas need to just be football players and stop with the part-time neo-? activism. Not every black person needs to grow up in the hood and do stereotypical African-American ? . All he needs to do is be a man and support his family, friends and community and he's good enough for me, even if he never hangs out with a ? like me.
Damn, I hate these ? ? keep beating my Broncos...
But keep believing the media tho.
i swaer bruh.. first time i heard that black enough ? im like huh.. i dont even believe that.. thats some garbage the media don made up.. just to throw more fuel on the fire cuz there is obviously something going on in that locker room -
FlightKing wrote: »The "black enough" argument is played out. Being black is not a ? characteristic, it's an ethnicity description. These muthafuckas need to just be football players and stop with the part-time neo-? activism. Not every black person needs to grow up in the hood and do stereotypical African-American ? . All he needs to do is be a man and support his family, friends and community and he's good enough for me, even if he never hangs out with a ? like me.
Damn, I hate these ? ? keep beating my Broncos...
He has no black friends
I don't trust no black dude that don't have black ppl in his inner circle.
And him being a black man he should know better.
Like I said early he didnt identify himself as a black man when asked the question about being black enough
He said I don't know what that mean but I'm a young educated male
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He don't even a black cousin in his inner circle.
? is weird.
