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Non-Gaming Observation (no picture today)

I just saw a Subway commercial tonight that made me think. It's the one with Jared and Reggie Bush. The commercial compares the two men's lifestyles. One scene shows Jared cleaning out a big plastic pool and then it cuts to Reggie lounging by the pool of his multi-million dollar house. The rest of the commercial shows the two in other situation where Jared is poor, and Reggie is (obviously) rich.

This brings some thoughts about Jared to mind. First off: How bad is this dude with money? I can't imagine that the worlds only ex/semi-fat guy, who made a career out of eating sandwiches (take that Atkins!), could possibly be anywhere near the middle-middle class spectrum. If a person really thinks about it, Jared should be rolling in the dough. I don't mean bathing naked in burnt money, but pretty well off.

On the same note: Why isn't Reggie Bush bathing in burnt money? Does he really need to supplement his income by being the super fit guy to Jared's really odd, slightly overweight ambiguity? Is the subway commercials a court ordered thing? I was under the impression that he was a superstar. And in being a superstar, he could be doing shoe commercials and other events that didn't require him to hang out with and ex-obese guy that made money selling bootleg porn in college. Maybe Reggie is really into bootleg copies of dirty movies. That must be it.

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Anonymous said…
Maybe Jared isn't making as much money as you think. I can't account for inflation, but Happy Gilmore barely had enough to buy back his Grandma's house.

Bush may be doing Subway commercials because (IMO) he's a little bit full of himself. Look at how he held out to get paid the same money as the number one overall pick, even though he wasn't the number one overall pick. I think many of the new superstars are in a race to be globally marketed and have the most endorsements.
November 7, 2007 at 9:47 PM
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