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YORKVILLE—I want to thank Devin Hester of the Bears for adjusting my salary expectations. He said, "I can't go out and play this year making $445,000. Come on, man." When I read that I thought, "Hey, what about me? How can my employer possibly expect me to work for less than say, half a million a year? After all, I've got a wife and kids to feed. Cost of living being what it is, I'm surprised ... [link]

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AOL Fanhouse's Michael David Smith continues to write stupid crap
Published 7/26/2008 by BigBlueShoe at Stampede Blue: Front Page Posts
... , but when I see people write stupid stuff that insults another writer's well written article, I feel the need to defend the guy who got it right the first time. In this case, AOL Fanhouse's Michael David Smith took it upon himself to bash Chicago Tribune writer Jack Kee for a short article he wrote which made fun of Devin Hester's ridiculous claim that he should be paid elite WR-like money. ...

Jealous of Devin Hester's Money? Start Being As Good at Your Job As He Is at His
Published 7/26/2008 at FanHouse
... The Chicago Tribune published a short piece today headlined, "Underpaid at $445,000? Unreal." In it, writer Jack Kee tries to compare himself to Bears Pro Bowl return man Devin Hester: ...

Yay. Hester got an extension. Fanhouse bitter I called out one of their writers
Published 7/27/2008 by BigBlueShoe at Stampede Blue: Front Page Posts
... for his article criticizing Hester's recent comments that his old contract of $445,000 a year was not enough money. Kree's article was ...

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