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Mr. D Smith Goes to Washington

If there was ever a story that probably comes close to describing NFLPA Executive Director DeMaurice Smith’s journey to his new office, it would have to be the old movie classic, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (read about it on IMDb HERE). IMDb summarizes it this way: “A naive man is appointed to fill a vacancy in the US Senate. His plans promptly collide with political corruption, but he doesn’t back down.” And if you’ve never seen the movie, this is one classic well worth watching. (Click on the poster to enlarge it for better viewing and printing.)

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Dave was actually watching a bit of football on Sunday afternoon when he heard Al Michaels mention that his co-anchor, John Madden, was off on a two-week “vacation.” Coincidentally, the NFLPA/Players Inc. trial happens to be starting on Monday, October 20th. Even though he’s apparently not subpoenaed to testify, it’s rather mysterious that he’d take a couple of weeks off while the trial is running. Perhaps he just want to dodge some interesting questions.

So Sports Illustrated decided to have a little fun this morning on their SI.com website, comparing John Madden to legendary high-school slacker Ferris Bueller (played by Matthew Broderick in the movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off – click HERE to read about the movie). And just click on the picture below to go to Sports Illustrated’s story.

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