ESPN Drops the Ball on Raising Money for The V Foundation
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by user LastRow
Tomorrow is the first and last day so to speak to bid on official ESPN items to benefit The V Foundation, which helps cancer research. With all the chatter from ESPN regarding "Who’s Now" and "The Bronx is Burning" you would’ve thought we would’ve heard more about this! Once again, just goes to show what kind of peeps work for this network! While there’s no arguing that it's a very good cause and hard to find faults in the efforts…ESPN has gathered up rather depressing, half-assed items in terms of the types of experiences up for auction beginning on-air July 11, 2007 in the third annual Don't Give Up ESPYs V Foundation Auction. Call 1-800-4JimmyV to bid! However, for they mostly resemble the 2002 All-Star Game in Milwaukee.
Sure who wouldn’t love to follow Linda Cohn around for the day, but why can’t it be Michelle Bonner…Having a Potato Chip Spitting contest with Howie Schwab, what’s better than that? However, seriously, is that the very best they can do? One would of thought trying to raise money for cancer research would’ve brought out at least something bigger than this. Don’t get me wrong, an ESPN employee banner signed by Trey Wingo and Jeremy Schapp would be nice to put over the shitter, but come on…This is the best the World Wide Leader can offer up. I guess they couldn’t wake Beano Cook, Lou Holtz or Lee Corso from their naps to get in on some of this. At the very least, they could’ve given us Stuart Scott so we could toss around the pigskin with him and have him try to read an eye chart for us. Or how about some of the following alternatives?
Tie Dick Vitale’s hands together and duct tape his month Opening Bid: $500
A Hair Slicking Lesson from Steve Lavin Opening Bid $200……Come on, it’s for a worthy cause!
A Hug from and an Outback Steakhouse Dinner with Harold Reynolds
Opening Bid $500…Which include the dinner tab
A Sit Down Dinner with Rick Majerus at Muffy’s Smorgasbord Opening Bid $1000…It case you have noticed, Rick is a very large dude
"The" Terrell Owens Painkiller Bottle Opening Bid $500 To be able to go Rocky on his former publicist Kim Etheredge…An additional $3,000. Bail money is needed for the activity
See how long you can spend With Stephen A. Smith before punching him in the throat….If he’s busy, Skip Bayless will do
Opening Bid $75 per punch...Bid up to as many punches as you want! '
A syringe with the initials "BB" on it compliments of Victor Conte
Opening Bid $1200… It might not be a bloody sock, but it ranks right up there and has Hall of Fame Value
A night out with Erin Andrews
Opening Bid $12,000…But really it’s priceless
Learn sexual harassment techniques from Jay Crawford & Woody Paige Opening Bid $6,000 Wake Beano Cook, Lou Holtz or Lee Corso from their seven-month nap Opening Bid $5000…Tough job, but somebody has to do it!
Draft Day with Mel Kiper Opening Bid $7000…And as a bonus if the winner goes the entire day without weeing Nintendo will give him/her a Wii system free
' The Original Jay Crawford – Dana Jacobson Sex Tape Opening Bid $20,000…A real bargain if one actual thinks of the returns this baby can bring in
In addition to their live 24 auctions available for bid on-air on ESPN Radio starting tomorrow, ESPN has put some more fickled items over on eBay which are also up for grabs…With most of them ending tomorrow. For the entire collection of those items, they can be found… http://stores.ebay.com/ESPN-Auctions
Pay particularly close attention to the following… JAKE PLUMMER Signed SUPER BOWL FOOTBALL DENVER BRONCOS –Was unaware he played in a Super Bowl? Plus would you look at the picture…That looks like a regular NFL Football to me.
GARTH BROOKS SIGNED ESPN CLASSIC WILSON FOOTBALL w/COA – Did he try to catch on with the Padres, not the Chargers? What’s with the football then?
BILL CALLAHAN SIGNED NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS JERSEY – Something to put right besides the ESPN employee banner signed by Trey Wingo and Jeremy Schapp above the shiter.
ESPN TV NFL ANALYSTS Signed FOOTBALL Joe Theismann w/COA – Something ever home should have!
TONY ROMO Signed FOOTBALL w/ESPN CASE DALLAS COWBOYS – I’m just wondering if Carrie had to hold on to it for him to sign?
MICHAEL VICK Framed & Signed ATLANTA FALCONS Jersey NFL – Funny 0 bids at the time of this post.
