The Eagles Vikings game was postponed from Sunday night to Tuesday night because of bad weather. Pennsylvania Governor Rendell isn’t pleased about it. The delay was decried by Rendell as taking more caution than was necessary by far. Obama praised Vick and the Eagles, applauding the team’s decision to give him a second chance which many convicts don’t get upon release. Article source – Ed Rendell blasts NFL game delay as Obama hails Vick comeback by MoneyBlogNewz.
Rendell shows frustration over Eagles Vikings game being postponed a 2nd time
The second delay of the Eagles v Vikings game has made Governor Rendell really upset. The match was originally set to take place on Sunday Night Football match on NBC, however was delayed until Tues due to weather, according to the Washington Post. The Delay was "a joke" according to Rendell. He also said "we've become a nation of wussies" in his frustration. He went on to say that "the Chinese kick our butts at everything" and that the game wouldn’t have been postponed in China.
Eagles coach and Vick comeback things Obama believes are great
President Obama made a call to the owner of the Philadelphia Eagles, Jeffrey Lurie, while on his family escape in HI. This is what Columbia Broadcasting System reports. The call was to talk to Lurie about plans to install solar panels and make Lincoln Financial the first NFL stadium to use sustainable energy. Also, Lurie was told how great it was that he was willing to give a felon a second chance by hiring Michael Vick by the president. There was a dog fighting ring run by Vick. This was why he was convicted. The president then said that giving Vick a chance was an amazing thing for Lurie to do thinking about "it's never a level playing field" when released. This year, behind Tom Brady, Michael Vick is second to be League MVP.
Bounty Bowl for contributing Rendell
Governor Ed Rendell was a known participant in the second game of the "Bounty Bowl" series in 1989, which took place in Philadelphia. Fans hit the Dallas Cowboys with things such as snowballs during the game. The fans later turned on the Eagles and the broadcast booth. Rendell bet $20 to a fan that he could hit the field with a snowball while instead, he hit a Cowboys player in the back during the game. Beer sales were canceled the rest of that year at Eagles games.
Citations
Washington Post
voices.washingtonpost.com/early-lead/2010/12/gov_ed_rendell_blasts_decision.html
CBS News
cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20026644-503544.html
Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bounty_Bowl
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