This story is a couple of days old but it's Friday and we've got cold frosty beverages on the mind. It also involves the only NFL player I've actually drank a beer with in real life, so we felt compelled to pass this fun if only minutely related anecdote along.
Chris Cooley was out of the NFL just a week ago. His playing days looked like they may have been over. But then Redskins tight end Fred Davis went down with an injury and Cooley's career got a shot of life to it. All that was left was to negotiate that case of beer into his new contract.
As Sarah Kogod writes in a recap of the events that led to Cooley's official return to Washington, he tried to get some beer included as compensation in his new contract.
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“Literally, I have text correspondence trying to negotiate a case of
beer into my contract. They wouldn’t do it. I wanted it in writing so
much.”
Hate the Redskins, but respect the goofy mofo who now plays tight end for them again.
If you liked this post, you will probably enjoy our photo gallery from a week back featuring the beers of my trip to Munich and Prague for Oktoberfest earlier this month.
>>The story of Chris Cooley's comeback, as told by Cooley [DC Bog]