Quote:Yes, physically with his own hands, lol.

 

No, seriously though Shack. I don't think Jaguars fans can quite wrap their minds around the financial impact on the entire city of having the most popular non-pro athlete in the nation(soon to be pro) in our city and as the face of our franchise. We've been trying to build-up/spruce up our downtown, especially around the stadium for years. It's amazing what some of these mega sports stars can do to/for smaller cities.

 

Just ask Cleveland what having Lebron James did for their city, and it's financial impact on Cleveland's economy when he left.

Some financial experts estimated that the value of the Cleveland franchise dropped 200-million dollars the minute his 'decision' went public. And countless millions seemingly lost in bars, transportation, hotels, etc, etc, that having the biggest name in sports brought to the city.

http://www.consumermiser.com/2010/07/07/...al-impact/

 

 

It's all conjecture at this point of course, but hopefully I'm making some sense.

 

LeBron had multiple YEARS of hype(SI/ESPN doing features on him back during his freaking freshman/sophomore years in HS) along with being a sure-fire can't miss NBA prospect who was also a local/regional legend. Manziel is nowhere near that and it's foolish to even try and make that comparison. I'm not dismissing Manziel's NFL future or anything, but LeBron James was a once-in-a-lifetime thing and Manziel's just a pretty popular college QB.

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