This tweet, originally reported by Michael Haney and relayed by Sports Illustrated on Thursday, captured a lot of people’s eyes and ears:
Spurrier joke w/ team, on SEC Net in 90+million homes: "I said 'you know what that means, don't you fellas? More money, but not for you.'"
— Michael Haney (@MHaneyMusic) August 7, 2014
There was more context to the statement:
Spurrier: "The players need to share in it, just a little bit. I'm not talking about paying them $100,000 a year."
— Michael Haney (@MHaneyMusic) August 7, 2014
Spurrier: "We're trying to give them a little pocket money and give their parents money to go back and forth to ball games."
— Michael Haney (@MHaneyMusic) August 7, 2014
Spurrier: "I don't think that's asking too much."
— Michael Haney (@MHaneyMusic) August 7, 2014
There’s a fun side to Spurrier. There’s an agitated side to him as well.
This, however, is the best and most evolved version of Spurrier — not just as a public figure, but as a person.
