Shannon Sharpe Blasted for Saying He’d Rather ‘Pay $20 a Gallon Than Have Trump in Of

[FlyingClayDisk]

It's not the little guy who figures out how much he 'owes'.

I'm sure you realized my statements were really just thoughts out loud about various angles and permutations of thought on the interesting questions you laid forth, and not a response directly to you (as if you were supporting such notions as I opined about), correct?

Yep.

I had never even heard of Shannon Sharpe before I posted this. And, back aways in the thread, the $15M bonus guy I alluded to was my old boss.  Surprised me that you knew what Sharpe's bonus number was.  You're well-informed, Brother!!

Shannon Sharpe was a widely acclaimed Tight End for the Denver Broncos for many years.  After 9 years with the Broncos, Sharpe, as a Free Agent, decided to take a position with the Baltimore Ravens.  It was a $14 million, 7 year deal, with a $4.5 million dollar bonus.  At the same time, the Broncos were offering Sharpe $2.5 million per year to remain in Denver.  Sharpe took the Ravens deal rather than staying in Denver.

It's ironic, your point about Sharpe paying $20,000/gal for gas; he probably paid a hell of a lot more than that!  If you do the math, you quickly realize it would have been a much better deal for the 9 year veteran to take the Broncos deal than to opt for the Ravens deal.  So, depending on how you slice it, roughly $4-5 million bucks, divided by $20,000 (per gallon), would have bought him about 250 gallons of gas.  Instead, he got no gas, and wound up returning to Denver two seasons later, so he could retire a Bronco.

His jersey, number 84, still got retired to the Denver "Ring of Fame" though. 

I personally always thought he was a great player, albeit with a bit of a big mouth on him, but I have a hard time forgiving and forgetting the Ravens deal though.

<---Hardcore "Orange Crush" fan here