90 lbs, 20" x 20", $40,0000

[Diomedes]

It's not a television..it's a book!!

from KFFL

NFL | Publisher creating 90 pound book
Sun, 19 Feb 2006 10:22:50 -0800

Bob Wolfley, of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, reports Kraken Sports and Limited in England and the NFL are creating a 90 pound, 20-inch by 20-inch book called "Super Bowl XL Opus." It will be a history of the first 40 Super Bowls with approximately 500,000 words and 2,000 images in 950 pages. It is expected to cost $7 million to print 20,000 limited edition copies. 19,600 will go to the public at the price of $4,000 a copy and the remaining 400 will go for $40,000 a piece, but will be signed by all 40 Super Bowl MVPs. The book will be published in September of 2006.

I can think of worse ways to throw money away.

[Sgt PSN]

I'll wait for the movie.

[Diomedes]

You're improving, Sassy.

[Geowhizzer]

Hasn't at least one Super Bowl MVP already passed away?

[Sgt PSN]

Hasn't at least one Super Bowl MVP already passed away?

I think so.  I forget which one, but I'm pretty sure that I remember hearing about that the week following the SB this year. 

[Diomedes]

The NFL seems to think not.   Here's a list I found on the Internets:

Super Bowl I    1967    Quarterback    Bart Starr    Green Bay Packers
Super Bowl II    1968    Quarterback    Bart Starr    Green Bay Packers
Super Bowl III    1969    Quarterback    Joe Namath    New York Jets
Super Bowl IV    1970    Quarterback    Len Dawson    Kansas City Chiefs
Super Bowl V    1971    Linebacker    Chuck Howley    Dallas Cowboys
Super Bowl VI    1972    Quarterback    Roger Staubach    Dallas Cowboys
Super Bowl VII    1973    Safety    Jake Scott    Miami Dolphins
Super Bowl VIII    1974    Running back    Larry Csonka    Miami Dolphins
Super Bowl IX    1975    Running back    Franco Harris    Pittsburgh Steelers
Super Bowl X    1976    Wide receiver    Lynn Swann    Pittsburgh Steelers
Super Bowl XI    1977    Wide receiver    Fred Biletnikoff    Oakland Raiders
Super Bowl XII    1978    Defensive tackle/Defensive end    Randy White/Harvey Martin    Dallas Cowboys
Super Bowl XIII    1979    Quarterback    Terry Bradshaw    Pittsburgh Steelers
Super Bowl XIV    1980    Quarterback    Terry Bradshaw    Pittsburgh Steelers
Super Bowl XV    1981    Quarterback    Jim Plunkett    Oakland Raiders
Super Bowl XVI    1982    Quarterback    Joe Montana    San Francisco 49ers
Super Bowl XVII    1983    Running back    John Riggins    Washington taterskins
Super Bowl XVIII    1984    Running back    Marcus Allen    Los Angeles Raiders
Super Bowl XIX    1985    Quarterback    Joe Montana    San Francisco 49ers
Super Bowl XX    1986    Defensive end    Richard Dent    Chicago Bears
Super Bowl XXI    1987    Quarterback    Phil Simms    New York Giants
Super Bowl XXII    1988    Quarterback    Doug Williams    Washington taterskins
Super Bowl XXIII    1989    Wide receiver    Jerry Rice    San Francisco 49ers
Super Bowl XXIV    1990    Quarterback    Joe Montana    San Francisco 49ers
Super Bowl XXV    1991    Running back    Ottis Anderson    New York Giants
Super Bowl XXVI    1992    Quarterback    Mark Rypien    Washington taterskins
Super Bowl XXVII    1993    Quarterback    Troy Aikman    Dallas Cowboys
Super Bowl XXVIII    1994    Running back    Emmitt Smith    Dallas Cowboys
Super Bowl XXIX    1995    Quarterback    Steve Young    San Francisco 49ers
Super Bowl XXX    1996    Cornerback    Larry Brown    Dallas Cowboys
Super Bowl XXXI    1997    Kick returner/Punt returner    Desmond Howard    Green Bay Packers
Super Bowl XXXII    1998    Running back    Terrell Davis    Denver Broncos
Super Bowl XXXIII    1999    Quarterback    John Elway    Denver Broncos
Super Bowl XXXIV    2000    Quarterback    Kurt Warner    St. Louis Rams
Super Bowl XXXV    2001    Linebacker    Ray Lewis    Baltimore Ravens
Super Bowl XXXVI    2002    Quarterback    Tom Brady    New England Patriots
Super Bowl XXXVII    2003    Safety    Dexter Jackson    Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Super Bowl XXXVIII    2004    Quarterback    Tom Brady    New England Patriots
Super Bowl XXXIX    2005    Wide receiver    Deion Branch    New England Patriots
Super Bowl XL    2006    Wide receiver    Hines Ward    Pittsburgh Steelers

I don't know if you can count what he does "life," but I know for a fact that Ray Lewis is not dead.  So there's that.

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The NFL seems to think not. Here's a list I found on the Internets:

Well there's your problem right there.  You're looking in the wrong place.  It's not on the Internets.  You have to look on the Intraweb for this type of info.  A-duh! 

Harvey Martin is dead.

[Geowhizzer]

Double-checked.  Harvey Martin died in 2001.

[Sgt PSN]

Really? 

[Diomedes]

That's gonna put a damper on marketing plans.

[Geowhizzer]

Really? 

Yep.

[Sgt PSN]

That's gonna put a damper on marketing plans.

I doubt it.  The publishers of this book are lucky that the missing signature belongs to a player who shared the MVP honors with another player.  So there will be signatures from every SB in there. 

[Sgt PSN]

Really? 

Yep.

Damn.  Whodathunkit? 

[Diomedes]

I doubt it. The publishers of this book are lucky that the missing signature belongs to a player who shared the MVP honors with another player. So there will be signatures from every SB in there.

They've always got an out.

[MDS]

Dexter Jackson and Larry Brown's autographs? Totally worth it.