Goodell Don’t Want the NFL to Get a Reputation of Being All Hoity-Toity Like
When celebrities find themselves with extra millions on their hands, the new trend is to invest their money in a vineyard. And who can blame them? Who wouldn’t want to spend their free time in sunny California, checking in on how that delicious alcohol is coming along? Because they have the money, they can even hire people who know what they’re doing, so some of these celebrity wineries actually produce respectable wines. I, for one, am looking forward to seeing how American Idol producer Nigel Lythgoe’s new wine will turn out. But wine isn’t just for the Hollywood bigwigs like Coppola, sports stars are all over it too.
And the NFL is no different. Retired players like Drew Bledsoe have started wineries, which is a nice way for a rich man to retire. Even current players are dabbling in the wine industry, except you’d never know, because NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has banned players from promoting any form of alcoholic beverage. Green Bay Packers cornerback Charles Woodson even has a wine called TwentyFour that’s been praised by Wine Spectator. Since releasing his first bottle back in 2008, he’s been forbidden by the NFL to promote the wine in any way, despite having started the project long before Goodell’s reign. He can start promoting when he’s done with football.
So, get your snooty nose outta that glass, put your gun back in your sweatpants, and head out to the skankiest club you can find to pick up some ladies to date rape. That’s what the NFL is about.
But, after all that, if you still want some football related wine, please pre-order your Jets wine, which was made to be “so good, even a Pats fan would drink it after tearing off the label,” here. Evidently, teams can promote wines, just not players, which makes perfect sense.
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