Post by RusskyHoya on Mar 29, 2007 12:24:52 GMT -5
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/26/AR2007032602166.html
In case you were wondering whether an article can be hilarious and just plain sad at the same time. Choice parts:
Mouton ended up in Wilmington by mistake. When he signed a contract with the Sea Dawgs in late January, he thought the team played out of Wilmington, Del., a 90-minute drive from Mouton's apartment in Bowie. Two hours later, his agent, Mike Hart, called to say that he'd bought Mouton a plane ticket to North Carolina.
"What am I going there for?" Mouton asked.
"To play for their ABA team," Hart said. "Remember? You already signed the contract."
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Mouton invests himself emotionally in Wilmington's success, which his teammates generally view as pathetic.
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Mouton makes about $500 per week in Wilmington, a salary he tolerates because the team pays for virtually all of his expenses. The Sea Dawgs provide him and two other veteran players with an apartment 20 miles south of Wilmington that overlooks Carolina Beach. Team sponsors give players 14 free meals each week at Golden Corral -- a low-budget, chain buffet restaurant -- and seven meals at Chick-fil-A. "It gets hard to eat healthy," Mouton said.
In case you were wondering whether an article can be hilarious and just plain sad at the same time. Choice parts:
Mouton ended up in Wilmington by mistake. When he signed a contract with the Sea Dawgs in late January, he thought the team played out of Wilmington, Del., a 90-minute drive from Mouton's apartment in Bowie. Two hours later, his agent, Mike Hart, called to say that he'd bought Mouton a plane ticket to North Carolina.
"What am I going there for?" Mouton asked.
"To play for their ABA team," Hart said. "Remember? You already signed the contract."
and
Mouton invests himself emotionally in Wilmington's success, which his teammates generally view as pathetic.
and
Mouton makes about $500 per week in Wilmington, a salary he tolerates because the team pays for virtually all of his expenses. The Sea Dawgs provide him and two other veteran players with an apartment 20 miles south of Wilmington that overlooks Carolina Beach. Team sponsors give players 14 free meals each week at Golden Corral -- a low-budget, chain buffet restaurant -- and seven meals at Chick-fil-A. "It gets hard to eat healthy," Mouton said.
