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Lawrence Taylor on Wellington Mara

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Lawrence Taylor, Giants Player, 1981-93

 

Mr. Mara was the greatest thing that ever happened to the New York Giants. Personally, he always treated me fairly. He was always there to help me, even when I wasn’t willing to help myself.

 

I considered Wellington a friend. He never reprimanded me. When I was doing something wrong, he would tell me. But he was always one of the best men I’ve ever been around.

 

 

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Lawrence Taylor, Giants Player, 1981-93

 

Mr. Mara was the greatest thing that ever happened to the New York Giants. Personally, he always treated me fairly. He was always there to help me, even when I wasn’t willing to help myself.

 

I considered Wellington a friend. He never reprimanded me. When I was doing something wrong, he would tell me. But he was always one of the best men I’ve ever been around.

 

 

:headbanger:

Were those direct quotes or through an interpretor?? :huh:

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Anyone see the ESPN report on Mara?

His father bought the rights for the G-men franchise for $500 :headbanger: :headbanger:

 

Quite a nice investment :P

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Wellington Mara was the definition of class.  He'll be greatly missed.

as saturday night beaver posted in his other thread

 

One of Mara's greatest contributions came in the early 1960s. He and brother Jack, owners of the biggest team in the biggest market, agreed to share television revenue on a leaguewide basis, dividing the huge amounts of money available in cities like New York with smaller markets from Pittsburgh to Green Bay.

 

Part of that agreement meant that the Giants ceded the right to sell their own games to television for a leaguewide contract, in those days with CBS. That concept of revenue sharing allowed the NFL to thrive and remains in place today.

 

 

RIP

 

can u imagine someone like snyder doing something like that thesedays

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I can definitely say that Mr. Mara was a great guy who helped build the NFL into the great league that it is.

 

He was a big football booster at Fordham (where I went to college) and had the opportunity to meet him. A great man who was great for the community.

 

:unsure: :mad:

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