Fan Base Animosity

[DaBoltsNIsles]

To put a nice little bow on this whole thing, one could say that he just took a page out of John Elways playbook. If Elway was not the first player to force ownship's hand in whom they select, he is probably the most famous case of it.

It is not exactly the same, not at all. But, the base motives were similar at least.

The motives were the same, but Eli didn't have baseball to fall back on. Elway was a legit baseball player to. The Mannings made it personal. They didn't have to go that route.