Samardzija signs with Cubs for five years, gives up football?
2007-01-19 12:00
by Bob Timmermann
Two sport football star Jeff Samardzija is going to sign a 5-year contract with the Chicago Cubs according to ESPN 1000 in Chicago.
Samardzija had earlier signed a four-year contract with the Cubs, but apparently the Cubs are trying to sweeten the pot to keep Samardzija on the baseball diamond instead of the gridiron (Ken Rosenthal agrees with me), where he ruined a perfectly good fall day for me.
I don't know how much money he's guaranteed, but given the physical risks (obvious) and financial risk (little guaranteed money) of the NFL, why would he turn down the Cubs $10 million?
Never underestimate a billy goat!
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