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General Category => The Dead Pool => Topic started by: Brownie on February 14, 2011, 09:39:09 AM

Title: Visa just offered him Super Bowl tickets for the rest of his life
Post by: Brownie on February 14, 2011, 09:39:09 AM
Bob Cook, one of the every Super Bowl club members, died this weekend (http://www.jsonline.com/news/obituaries/116135199.html). He couldn't make Super Bowl XLV.
Title: Re: Visa just offered him Super Bowl tickets for the rest of his life
Post by: R-V on February 14, 2011, 09:54:05 AM
Quote from: Brownie on February 14, 2011, 09:39:09 AM
Bob Cook, one of the every Super Bowl club members, died this weekend (http://www.jsonline.com/news/obituaries/116135199.html). He couldn't make Super Bowl XLV.

It would suck to be a grandkid of one of these guys. "Sorry kids, I could have put all of you through college, but instead I decided to drop a hundred grand so I could attend the #1 TV-watching event of the year."
Title: Re: Visa just offered him Super Bowl tickets for the rest of his life
Post by: J. Walter Weatherman on February 14, 2011, 10:07:48 AM
Quote from: Brownie on February 14, 2011, 09:39:09 AM
He couldn't make Super Bowl XLV.

That he was a Packers fan and season ticket holder makes me smile a little.
Title: Re: Visa just offered him Super Bowl tickets for the rest of his life
Post by: Brownie on February 14, 2011, 10:38:24 AM
Quote from: R-V on February 14, 2011, 09:54:05 AM
Quote from: Brownie on February 14, 2011, 09:39:09 AM
Bob Cook, one of the every Super Bowl club members, died this weekend (http://www.jsonline.com/news/obituaries/116135199.html). He couldn't make Super Bowl XLV.

It would suck to be a grandkid of one of these guys. "Sorry kids, I could have put all of you through college, but instead I decided to drop a hundred grand so I could attend the #1 TV-watching event of the year."

In his defense, he's a little less of a douche than the "I've missed births of my own children" guy. Going to a Super Bowl in the 1970s was hardly the bank account killer it is today. And I believe the NFL started offering these dopes a chance to buy tickets at face value 20 years ago, when the secondary market was getting out of control. He also owned a travel agency, so I'm sure a junket to the Super Bowl wasn't nearly as cost-prohibitive as it would be to you or I.

Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on February 14, 2011, 10:07:48 AM
Quote from: Brownie on February 14, 2011, 09:39:09 AM
He couldn't make Super Bowl XLV.

That he was a Packers fan and season ticket holder makes me smile a little.

Me too. A little.
Title: Re: Visa just offered him Super Bowl tickets for the rest of his life
Post by: Yeti on February 14, 2011, 10:56:39 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on February 14, 2011, 10:07:48 AM
Quote from: Brownie on February 14, 2011, 09:39:09 AM
He couldn't make Super Bowl XLV.

That he was a Packers fan and season ticket holder makes me smile a little.

Not as much as Huey as he is one person closer to getting his beloved's season tickets.