Will Favre Have To Pay Up For No. 4?

Mister Mittens found this 7/23/2008 on www.cnbc.com [flag]

Posted By: Darren Rovell If Favre is traded to the Carolina Panthers, there could be some money involved with getting the No. 4. That’s because the man who wears No. 4 is their kicker John Kasay, who was drafted in the same draft as Favre (1991) and is the last standing original Panther. Read More Topics: Consumers | Retail Sales | Endorsements | Marketing | ... [link]

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Brett Favre and the Cost of the Number Four
Published 7/23/2008 by Brinson at Mister Mittens
Darren Rovell makes a great point over at CNBC today regarding the possibility that Brett Favre might have to shell out some cash to wear the number four on his jersey, depending on where he gets traded. (And clearly, he’s getting traded.) But the biggest money maker of them all would be if he landed here, with the Carolina Panthers. When asked how much Kasay might ask, Kasay’s agent Jack Reale said the two hadn’t talked about the possibility, but did say that “most players are attached to the number they wear in some way.” It’s hard to say exactly how much that ...

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