Wednesday, May 8,
2001
Study
finds today's athletes able to give 120%
Seacacus, New York - A postgame survey of athletes from professional
football, baseball and basketball found that most felt confident
that they
gave 120%. This figure is 10% higher than this same time last
year, when
most athletes where only able to give 110%
When asked how many nickels were in a dollar, 55% of athletes
replied
"twenty-four", while 25% said "twenty-two"
and 30% thanked the Lord and
savior Jesus Christ for blessing them with the talent to be a
professional
athlete.
When asked about the fiscal structure of their contracts 100%
of athletes
were able to recite terms, payments schedules, contract stipulation
and
performance bonuses verbatim.