What's the prize for protecting the league's sexiest quarterback? Well, if you're willing to slum it in Hyannis Port for the Audi Best Buddies Challenge, a charity event that raises money for individuals with intellectual disabilities, and has Tom Brady as the honorary chairman (and celebrity ambassador!), it's an Audi Q7 SUV.
So congrats, Dan Koppen, Logan Mankins and Stephen Neal, you're the big winners.
"Now you'll be well protected, just like you make me feel . . . sometimes," Brady cracked, glancing over at his linemen ...You know, it's becoming increasingly difficult to dislike Brady, what with the charities, the free wheels, and endless drink tabs. Nick Kaczur and Matt Light -- the two linemen who won't be rolling in complimentary Audis anytime soon -- might feel differently. Of course, Brady could be sending them a message (with all the subtlety of a 2X4 to the head): "We lost the Super Bowl because I was sacked five (FIVE?!?) times. Thanks, jerks. Hope the T goes to Foxboro."
Koppen added more perspective. "Tom's so good to us," he said. "To present it in this form makes it the best. It's not really about the cars, which will be nice to have. The more important thing is he's out here supporting Best Buddies, an organization that's really close to my heart. So it's tremendous for him to be here."
Or maybe Koppen, Mankins and Neal got cars because they showed up at the charity event. Definitely one or the other, though.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
5-17-2008 @ 11:39AM
susan said...
All 5 lineman got cars. Not just the ones that showed up. Next year the cars will be auctioned off for the charity. Good for Brady.
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5-17-2008 @ 11:53AM
carl said...
Thanks to Susan for actually telling the whole story unlike some one else who shall remain name less
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5-17-2008 @ 12:07PM
lk said...
You gotta love Tom, not only does he take a cut in pay so the team can spend the money on getting good players, but it could not have been cheap to buy 5 SUV's. It's not like he held out for the big bucks like Peyton.
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5-17-2008 @ 12:25PM
susan said...
Brady did not buy the cars with cash. Audi gives Brady a car to drive around in for a year. After the year is up Audi auctions the car off for Best Buddies. Instead of taking the car for himself Brady got all 5 of his lineman a car.Next year those 5 cars will be sold for the charity. Good for Brady. His lineman love Brady. How do I know?They say so in almost every interview.
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5-17-2008 @ 1:29PM
Kustie the Klown said...
If only he loved his illegitimate child half as much. . . . .
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5-17-2008 @ 2:03PM
cj said...
Audi paid for the cars, not Brady.
It's just a PR stunt and a quid pro quo for Brady attending the Audi sponsored event.
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5-17-2008 @ 2:54PM
boston rob said...
This might be a biased remark, being from Boston and being the biggest Pats fan around, but I know 1st hand tht Brady is an excellent father/dad to his son. Why else would he have taken time off from his team practices (days before the biggest game, mind you) to be with him, totally disregarding the repercussions? He's a dedicated man who knows family comes before anything else. Who cares if they lost the Big One? There are more important things to be put into perspective here. Like, how can I find that L.Lohan sex tape!
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5-17-2008 @ 8:59PM
Kustie the Klown said...
Boston Rob, a man who abandons his newborn child to go cavort with a supermodel is pretty much the DEFINITION of someone who is not a "dedicated man who knows family comes before anything else".
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