Matt Stafford needs some endorsements
May 27, 2009 by James Edwards
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As if the 70 bazillion dollars that he signed for, as the first pick in the 2009 NFL draft were not enough, the word has leaked out the Matt Stafford has found it a little tough to get endorsements.
And he needs the money! Matt is down to his last 40 some million of guaranteed money. What is a rich young good looking NFL quarterback to do? It is not like he can go out and win the NFL Championship, better known these days as the Super Bowl, not with his team being the Lions. The Lions are the super losers of all time and current toilet bowl champs (to steal a Gus Macker term) of the NFL.
Matt hurting for his next million bucks
So Matt needs endorsements and the times are hard.
Because of the catastrophic economy, the Lions’ winless 2008 season and the specter of the failed Joey Harrington still looming over the team, advertisers locally and nationally may be leery of inking Stafford as a megadollar pitchman.
“I think he’s going to be one of the most challenged No. 1 draft picks,” said Jan Katzoff, executive vice president for sports and entertainment of San Francisco-based branding and marketing firm Radiate Group. “When you factor that in with not only the global economy but what Detroit is dealing with, you’ve got factors nobody else is dealing with.”
In Contrast, Brady Quinn arrived last year with all kinds of endorsements like Subway and Xbox.
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