01-05-2015, 06:32 AM
And a good Monday morning to you all. The first full week of the new year and I hope it's a good one for you. For us, we're off to a good start with temps scheduled to be in the 70's for the next few days. We've got all our Christmas decorations down and put away so this should be a easy week for us.
Well, yet another Super Bowl is coming here in a few weeks. Big deals all over the area. DirectTV has built a big venue in a farm across from the stadium. I just looked it up since I had no idea what they were going to do there, and apparently they've got a couple of stages for entertainment, and tickets are only $99. Other activities over the next few weeks include the "NFL Experience", I guess that's for kids of all ages doing what the NFL thinks will make them a few more bucks. I was reading where the NFL supposedly asked some of the headline entertainers to pay to perform at halftime. Geeze, that's like some rich dude panhandling in Beverly Hills with the super rich begging from the super rich.
You know, maybe they wouldn't need the extra money if they were a bit more frugal with what they pay some of the players. I just heard where they Arizona Cardinals are contemplating whether or not to keep one of their stars on the roster next year. His contract is for well in excess of $100,000,000, and for the new season, his salary and bonuses will come to around $32,000,000. And that's just one player..... :o Oh yeah, and one of the entertainers at this Super Bowl also earned something well in excess of $100,000,000 last year. I'm not complaining, my Social Security payment did go up by $29 a month this year so I should be able to mingle with some of those people now, eh? 
Well, yet another Super Bowl is coming here in a few weeks. Big deals all over the area. DirectTV has built a big venue in a farm across from the stadium. I just looked it up since I had no idea what they were going to do there, and apparently they've got a couple of stages for entertainment, and tickets are only $99. Other activities over the next few weeks include the "NFL Experience", I guess that's for kids of all ages doing what the NFL thinks will make them a few more bucks. I was reading where the NFL supposedly asked some of the headline entertainers to pay to perform at halftime. Geeze, that's like some rich dude panhandling in Beverly Hills with the super rich begging from the super rich.
You know, maybe they wouldn't need the extra money if they were a bit more frugal with what they pay some of the players. I just heard where they Arizona Cardinals are contemplating whether or not to keep one of their stars on the roster next year. His contract is for well in excess of $100,000,000, and for the new season, his salary and bonuses will come to around $32,000,000. And that's just one player..... :o Oh yeah, and one of the entertainers at this Super Bowl also earned something well in excess of $100,000,000 last year. I'm not complaining, my Social Security payment did go up by $29 a month this year so I should be able to mingle with some of those people now, eh?
Don (ezdays) Day
Board administrator and
founder of the CANYON STATE RAILROAD
Board administrator and
founder of the CANYON STATE RAILROAD