DisgruntledTunaFan
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Got this off the Giants MB, interesting...
Met someone with a "connection" to Eagles
Don't worry, not an asshat story with any real "inside info" - just a fun story I thought I'd share with a few tidbits.
So the other day, I met a girl (friend of a friend) who was really into sports, which of course is awesome. As she's listing all her favorite sports teams, she tells me she is an Eagles fan because of a family connection. I then tell her I don't think we can ever be friends. She then says... "well... it's just that the owner of the team is my Godfather".
Jeff Lurie is her freakin Godfather... apparently her dad was bff's with him in college and such. Family money, Lurie is loaded - but apparently her father had no idea Lurie's family was rich for the longest time when they were in school together until he went to Jeff's house and saw how insane it was. (If I was super rich, I probably wouldn't let anyone know for a while either)
One thing I found interesting is Lurie is from Boston and he had Robert Kraft are apparently good friends. They both wanted to buy the Patriots back in the day when the team was available. Lurie didn't want to bid against his friend seeing how Kraft apparently had many ties to charities and was a fixture in the community... so Lurie bowed out and bought the Eagles instead, as they had also come available around the same time. Interestingly, Lurie's parents didn't want him to buy an NFL team because they thought it would be a bad investment. Heh, guess he turned out to be right.
I finished it up by telling her I hated the Eagles with all my heart, but respected the hell out of their franchise - let's face it, they have been competitive for a long time and seem pretty well run overall.
As an aside, this proves that I can actually listen to, and remember, what women are talking to me about in a bar.