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| 7th February, 2006 - 8:56 pm |  FoxSports.com - One day after published reports suggested Hall-of-Famers Joe Montana and Terry Bradshaw declined to participate in a Super Bowl pregame ceremony for financial reasons, both players refuted the charge.
According to a report in Monday's San Francisco Chronicle, Montana wanted at least $100,000 in order to appear during the ceremony, which featured all but three of the living Super Bowl MVPs. The NFL had offered two tickets to the game, hotel accommodations, the use of a car, tickets to three Super Bowl parties, $1,000 in spending money and first-class airfare to Detroit.
The office of Peter Johnson, Montana's agent at IMG, released a statement in response to the report.
"Joe Montana was in Detroit for Super Bowl activities on the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday prior to the game, but always had planned to return home before the weekend to be with his family," the statement read. "He fulfilled his promise to attend son Nathaniel's basketball game on Friday night and son Nicholas' game on Sunday, and then be home with his family to watch the Super Bowl." [READ] |
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