Does Barry Bonds cameo?
I heard that Barry Bonds makes a cameo in this film, is this true? Thanks.
shareNope... Tampa Bay is an AL team, they didnt play interleague against the Giants, and furthermore barry bonds is a a$%&#&$ who won't even lend his name to video games, much less go out of his way, out of the goodness of his heart for a movie... he HATES the media, why would he do a movie for them?
shareWrong, he does have a cell phone video game, but it blows.
Do not underestimate the power of a Midget.
Players don't "lend" their name out to video games. They get paid for it.
Bonds chose to not accept the revenue which is about 100K per year. He did this in an attempt to shed his bad boy image. He thought by not accepting the money people wouldn't be so disgusted with him. However, the counterpoint to this decission is that by keeping his name separate he actually hurts the newer guys in the pool because they too earn money from the licensing agreement. Of course, nobody is hurt by it. The money is still there for all the players who want to collect it but this is a common revenue argument that Unions in general like to claim. Michael Jordan did the same thing BTW. I'm sure his Union wasn't pleased either, but the fans didn't seem to care.
Also, Bonds has done cameos in Arliss twice.
And to the original poster, I think Bonds did a cameo in Rookie of the Year. I thought he was one of the guys the kid struck out. I don't remember seeing him in the Rookie.
Actually that is incorrect, and the real answer is that he is greedy. But I'll be more specific. Barry Bonds withdrew from the Major League Players Association licinsing agreement, because he felt independent marketing deals would be more economically viable for him. As a member of the MLBPA any item that is licensed by the MLBPA would be allowed to use Barry's name and likeness and he would be given a cut as agreed upon by the licensing agreement of the union. Now anybody wanting to use his name or likeness must deal with him directly and he doesn't just get a cut, he gets whatever is agreed upon between him and the licensee.
Barry doesn't care about his image, he cares about the almighty dollar... and I don't really care, but lets call a spade a spade, he's doing it "FOR" the money not because he wants to shed his bad boy image.
Has the HGH screwed up the synapses in his brain?
Who knows...
YES they deserved to die, and I hope they burn in HAAAAAY-ELL!!!
Barry Bonds withdrew from the Major League Players Association licinsing agreement, because he felt independent marketing deals would be more economically viable for him. As a member of the MLBPA any item that is licensed by the MLBPA would be allowed to use Barry's name and likeness and he would be given a cut as agreed upon by the licensing agreement of the union. Now anybody wanting to use his name or likeness must deal with him directly and he doesn't just get a cut, he gets whatever is agreed upon between him and the licensee.
I'll buy that, but it is kind of a strange move to do this for greed because I can't find any info about any player doing this and making a lot of money from it. Video game makers haven't exactly been setting any precedence in signing superstars to their games. Instead they just use their stats and use fake names in their place. Well, strike that! I know some players have made big money from games. Usually it is individual sports like Golf and Tiger Woods and such, but for Union affiliated athletes only a few branch off on their own and make money. My point is that Barry get's ridiculed for doing this when others never have it mentioned about them.
The part about him trying to shed his image came from an article from a guy who was definately not on Barry's side with the issue. So perhaps "greed" isn't the entire reason.
Incidently, there are hundreds of players who have done the same thing (withdrew from the liscensing agreement.) Most of them aren't even known but I did see a list that included Larry Walker, Andres Gallareaga, John Olerud, David Segui, Matt Franco, Todd Hundley, Barry Larkin, and Roberto Alomar.
I don't doubt your claim that money was a driving force in the deal but why would guys like Marvin Barnard, and Brent Mayne forgo easy money to be in this agreement to venture out on their own and virtually guarantee that they make nothing?
My point on this tangent was that someone critisized Barry for not lending his name to video games wich is a very misleading argument against the guy. NOBODY lends their names to video games. They all get paid.....well, except for Bonds and anyone else not on the agreement.
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Barry Bonds can not be used in video games because he is not part of the baseball union (which he withdrew himself from). Players don't have to be part of the union, but they can't be included in things such as video games and thus can't accept any profits out of it. You'll find in video games and other such things various players aren't included, either cause they did not join the union or they are "scab workers" (players that went against the strike such as Cory Lidle) who are not allowed to join the union.
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