Montana Snubs Super Bowl

During the Super Bowl pregame ceremonies all but four past Super Bowl MVPs were on hand to be celebrated. Joe Montana, Terry Bradshaw, Jake Scott and the late Harvey Martin were not in attendance. Montana vehemently denied a report that he demanded a $100,000 appearance fee from the NFL. According to Newsday's Bob Glauber, Montana was home in the San Francisco suburbs. He told people during the week, when he made paid promotional appearances in Detroit, that he had to go home to watch one of his kids' basketball games. The San Francisco Chronicle cited two league sources in Monday's editions, saying that the NFL offered two tickets to the game, hotel accommodations, weekend car rental, tickets to three NFL parties, $1,000 spending money and first-class airfare. According to ESPN.com, Montana said money was never an issue and that he would not have attended the Super Bowl ceremony even if the appearance fee had been greater than the $100,000 he was reported to have requested.

Joe Montana showed that he does not have respect for the league that made him a household name. Any professional athlete should feel honored to be celebrated in front of a world wide audience. Montana has lost a bit of his integrity in my eyes if the accusations are true. Say it ain't so Joe!