A black NFL player would never get this deal
John Elway lost
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Yeah. Football wasn't popping like that in 1998.
Maybe the Broncos would have folded as a franchise.
It's too unpredictable.
dterpsss
SOHH OG Class 2004
thats puke worthy...fukk that...suicidal worthy
T.he I.nformant
1st Ballot HOF Teller
You mocking me?Yeah. Football wasn't popping like that in 1998.
Maybe the Broncos would have folded as a franchise.
It's too unpredictable.
Im sayin tho....it aint even about that football franchises werent as valuable. Its the fact that this dude basically got offered a once in a lifetime deal by the owner who obviously viewed him as the son he never had or whatever....then still had the nerve to turn it down. That priveledge
How come Jerry Rice ain't owner of the 49ers?Im sayin tho....it aint even about that football franchises werent as valuable. Its the fact that this dude basically got offered a once in a lifetime deal by the owner who obviously viewed him as the son he never had or whatever....then still had the nerve to turn it down. That priveledge
He won more chips than Elway
Rovell: How John Elway missed out on a fortune
- In January 1998, Elway, with his coach Mike Shanahan, invested in a laundromat franchise called Laundromax. The company said it hoped to do for laundry centers what Blockbuster did for video rentals. Like Blockbuster, it failed to live up to the future.
Rent Em 'mats
Lucky_Lefty
Dreams Are Colder Than Death...
well he is an alcoholic....or was 
Sports teams are in a protected market with huge barriers to entry, even accounting for the fact that he wouldn't have known how lucrative the business was going to be he knew that sports teams are a special type of business. They get backstopped by desperate cities throwing taxpayer money at them to get the privilege of having a team. Compared to other areas were he put his money in such as laundromats and car dealerships he could have walked away with even a partial stake in the Broncos and it would be a safe investment.
Poetical Poltergeist
Precise and cold hearted
Sounds like he made a very bad decision. But he's in a very good spot right now. I could see if he was out of football totally and a forgotten has been. But he's not. And never will be as long as he's affiliated with football, Denver and mainly the Broncos.
Reminds me of the christmas lunch at my job that i didnt show up for. Because of that, I missed out on 2 hrs overtime. I'm still kicking myself about that shyt. I know exactly how Elway must feel
Lmao
Field Marshall Bradley
Veteran
so instead of being worth a few hundred million bucks, I guess he'll have to settle for being worth a mere $150M. I'm sure he's having plenty of sleepless nights
Only coli nikkas can make fun of someone worth 9 figures
Field Marshall Bradley
Veteran
Yeah.. Pre 2000, no one could've seen this type of explosion in football.... Obviously he should've known it was a solid investment and would've received at least a decent ROI, but almost 700 times...
