Damn McNAbb Can't Win For Losing

[doggish_098]

When Donnovan McNabb joined the Vikings, punter Chris Kluwe agreed to give up his No. 5 jersey, on a few conditions.

Kluwe is one of the NFL’s freest spirits, so it’s no surprise that a couple of those conditions were off the wall: One was that McNabb had to buy him an ice cream cone. Another was that McNabb had to mention Kluwe’s band, Tripping Icarus, at five press conferences.

The third and final condition was that McNabb would make a $5,000 donation to Kick For A Cure, an organization that supports people with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Kluwe is involved with Kick For a Cure, and he thought it would be a nice gesture for McNabb to show his support.

Unfortunately, that’s a gesture that McNabb hasn’t followed through on: Kluwe told Scout.com this week that McNabb didn’t make the donation. Today I checked in with Kluwe on Twitter to see if maybe the Scout.com article had motivated McNabb to contact him about the donation, but it didn’t.

“No, but I haven’t really had a chance to ask him. I was going to at the end of the season, but then he got released,” Kluwe wrote on Twitter.

For McNabb, who has made tens of millions of dollars in his NFL career, it shouldn’t be tough to come up with $5,000, and Kluwe shouldn’t need to remind him. It was something McNabb agreed to (Vikings.com caught the whole thing on video) and it’s something McNabb needs to do.

It’s also a reminder that these agreements between teammates to give up jersey numbers often go awry. Former Redskins defensive back Ifeanyi Ohalete ended up suing former teammate Clinton Portis for $20,000 over a failed agreement on the No. 26, and former Giants punter Jeff Feagles said Plaxico Burress never paid up after they reached an agreement over the No. 17. In the future, players shouldn’t give up jersey numbers until they get the payment in hand.

profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/23/kluwe-says-mcnabb-hasnt-made-promised-donation-to-charity/

the dude is very charitable so i dont know what this is all about but the cac's are going to run with it. I expect it to be all over sports center soon.

 

[Thurgood]

Guess I'm out the loop. I knew Ponder was starting, but when McNabb ge released?

 

[Race Harley]

Kats around the league and in other pro sports will take notice.

 

[D-TOWN REP]

Fuck that kicker and his foundation

 

[Sweets]

man fuck McNabb! if the CAC only wanted that simple as shit why not do it?!?!?. that punk ass got the money and had the opportunities to do the other stuff also. first time im gonna say i side with the CAC smear that marks name.

 

[incogneg]

McNabb's 'company man' image will hurt him forever. I guess what they say is true, if you worry about pleasing all of the people all of the time, you lose yourself, and respect from some of those around you...

 

[Alumni]

I have no respect for cats that don't keep their word.

 

[Djmarkxr7]

Fuck that kicker and his foundation

I feel you bruh!

Fuck sick people and their charities, let's support the Black millionaire that couldn't donate the $5,000 that he promised he would!

 

[D-TOWN REP]

I feel you bruh!

Fuck sick people and their charities, let's support the Black millionaire that couldn't donate the $5,000 that he promised he would!

nah fuck mcnabb too

nigga tried the company man, nice guy role and look what it has gotten him

0 respect

 

[CoochieMonster]

Damn. Regardless of how much he made in the past, the dude is now unemployed. I am sure his accountant is going thru his finances to let him know how he's looking should he not get on with another team. He was probably also advised to hold off on any big purchases.

 

[Brother Blues]

Probably just an over-sight...

 

[doggish_098]

niggas will cape up an excuse for anything black

 

[Non-StopJFK2TAB]

niggas will cape up an excuse for anything black

you hate mcnabb bruh.

 

[doggish_098]

you hate mcnabb bruh.

i dont hate mcnabb i said he does a lot of charitable things so i dont know what is going on here but niggas running in here with their capes flapping making excuses for him about how he ain't got a job now and blah blah blah...

 

[CoochieMonster]

i dont hate mcnabb i said he does a lot of charitable things so i dont know what is going on here but niggas running in here with their capes flapping making excuses for him about how he ain't got a job now and blah blah blah...

No job is an "excuse", wow. I can't think of a better reason not to give away 5k. That goes for anybody, not just McNabb.

 

[Nobody]

man fuck McNabb! if the CAC only wanted that simple as shit why not do it?!?!?. that punk ass got the money and had the opportunities to do the other stuff also. first time im gonna say i side with the CAC smear that marks name.

What's with all this ignorant ass 'CAC' shit.

You guys take that shit too fucking far.

 

[doggish_098]

No job is an "excuse", wow. I can't think of a better reason not to give away 5k. That goes for anybody, not just McNabb.

learn all the facts bruh... while he snubbed dude out of 5k he is giving millions to the hospital where his kids were born for the McNabb family NICU.

put the cape away bruh

 

[FingersXG]

Damn. Regardless of how much he made in the past, the dude is now unemployed. I am sure his accountant is going thru his finances to let him know how he's looking should he not get on with another team. He was probably also advised to hold off on any big purchases.

Paying off a debt is not a purchase.

When you earned over $115,000,000 in your 13 year career...$5000 is not "major"

 

[x701x]

I have no respect for cats that don't keep their word.

This

 

[moblack]

Paying off a debt is not a purchase.

When you earned over $115,000,000 in your 13 year career...$5000 is not "major"

So now you telling another man how to spend his money?

 

[caboverd]

Two CAC punters get stiffed by renegers and only make public statement. African sues Portis for the $20K he's owed.

 

[SlimKid07]

Some white cats always think they can dictate how a brotha should conduct themselves.

What happens when he sends the money at the end of the season?
Did McNabb say he was gonna give to the charity the week or day he and the dude agreed upon the stipulations?

 

[theoriginalgreatone]

Donovan is a straight uncle tom M'Fer! No 1 likes him here in the philly/South Jersey area.. So he can go F himself!

 

[Complex]

I have no respect for cats that don't keep their word.

Man, I can't even understand not paying someone like Plaxico or Portis, but dude was nice about it by saying only $5,000, but then to include the charity and not following thru.

McSoup

 

[hussla's paradice]

niggas will cape up an excuse for anything black

Paying off a debt is not a purchase.

When you earned over $115,000,000 in your 13 year career...$5000 is not "major"

So now you telling another man how to spend his money?

Donovan is a straight uncle tom M'Fer! No 1 likes him here in the philly/South Jersey area.. So he can go F himself!

 

[Alumni]

Some white cats always think they can dictate how a brotha should conduct themselves.

What happens when he sends the money at the end of the season?
Did McNabb say he was gonna give to the charity the week or day he and the dude agreed upon the stipulations?

1) Why do heads in BGOL always try to make it about race? The punter clearly said in the article that he was going to wait til the end of the season to ask him but he got cut. Regardless, the punter would have every right to ask McNabb about something he agreed to.

“No, but I haven’t really had a chance to ask him. I was going to at the end of the season, but then he got released,” Kluwe wrote on Twitter.​

2) You really think McNabb's plan was to wait until the end of the year to keep his word and make the donation for a jersey he was wearing from day one of the season? I might be able to give you that it slipped his mind, but I'm not buying he was waiting til the end of the year to pay up.

Former Redskins defensive back Ifeanyi Ohalete ended up suing former teammate Clinton Portis for $20,000 over a failed agreement on the No. 26, and former Giants punter Jeff Feagles said Plaxico Burress never paid up after they reached an agreement over the No. 17. In the future, players shouldn’t give up jersey numbers until they get the payment in hand.​

 

[MisterNell1]

If McNabb is as cheap as people have said that he is, he probably has a nice stash in the bank.
The internet has helped to make this a bigger story than what it should have been.
Maybe just an oversight on his or his accountants part.
Then again, we all know people who are just slow payers when they owe somebody, but quick to ask for their money when you owe them.
My guess is that McNabb will honor his pledge in the near future. He'll probably pay the $5k plus a few Gs more just to get his name out of people's mouths.
I don't think that his being unemployed is an excuse or an issue financially.
If that $5k is going to wreck his budget he might need to adjust his spending plan. That is what you do when your income decreases, right?

 

[FingersXG]

So now you telling another man how to spend his money?

You must not have very good comprehension skills.


Where in my comment am I telling another man to spend money?


I am commenting on another man's character when he doesn't hold up his end of an agreement.

I am commenting on the perspective of $5000 for someone who made $115,000,000 in 13 years compared to the average man who makes about $40,000/year.