Bears Safety Promises Super Bowl Trip to Fan, Breaks His Promise
 

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'It's on tape': Fan demands Bears player fulfill ticket vow

January 25, 2007
Months before the Chicago Bears clinched their first trip to the Super Bowl in 21 years, safety Chris Harris stared into a video camera and promised to take fan Bryan Lange with him to Miami if the team made it to the big game.

The apparent promise -- made during a 40-second interview with a public access television show last June -- might have seemed like a longshot at the time.
But now that the Bears are in, thanks in part to Harris' big plays last Sunday, Lange is trying to hold Harris to his words.


Lange, a construction worker from Crystal Lake and a Bears season ticket holder, has set up camp on the road to Halas Hall this week with a sign saying, "Chris Harris You Promised.''
He also posted a clip of the interview he filmed at a charity event at www.psychobabbletv.com/chrisharrispromised.

In it, Harris tells Lange -- who goes by the name Chong on a show called Psycho Babble -- that his goal is to make it to the Super Bowl.

Says Lange: "If you guys make it to the Super Bowl, I'll sell my Harley to go.''

Harris replies, "You won't have to sell it. I will give you tickets.''

Lange replies, "I'm going to hold you to it. I've got you on tape.''

Harris, looking at the camera, then agrees: "It's on tape. If we win, he's going.''

Lange concludes the interview by saying, "Chong is going to the Super Bowl with the Bears on Chris Harris' dollar.''

After two days in the cold, Lange, 33, says Harris told him Wednesday that he couldn't help him.

In a phone interview, Harris' agent, Albert Elias, said he was unaware of Harris' promise but called Lange's appeal "a very unreasonable request considering Chris has over 40 family members trying to get tickets and he's only offered 15.''

Dave Newbart

Put your money where your mouth is.

www.psychobabbletv.com/chrisharrispromised

Dude promised. I don't know how much more cut and dried it needs to be.

damn..like the player can't AFFORD to buy one?

Just buy a ticket online and give it to the dude. Gotta keep your word.

Low character. His agent should advise him to take care of business. But he's probably an attorney and knows that the tape probably isn't legally binding.

Im sure the entire Bears organization has tickets coming out of the wazoo. They can give him one.

Kind of reminds me of Odalis Perez... he was giving LA inner city kids free tickets whenever he started a game. The Dodgers put him in the bullpen for awhile... and then he started some more... said **** the kids, I didnt get any publicity for it anyway.

Now he is with the Royals! Yes!!!

He should give him two just for agreeing to go on a show called "Psychobabble"...

Christian Okoye would never do something like this.

Yeah, this is pretty shitty. There's simply no defending Harris. Man up and give the guy his ticket, dickhead.

Didn't play it for me :hmmm: go figure. Anyone been to the Bears chat to see what is up?

fuck that guy. Just one more example of why our country is turning into a bunch of whiny b!tches.

Harris did someone a favor by appearing on a g-ddamn public access TV show and now this prick thinks he's entitled to a SB ticket?

It was just banter on a TV show. It was a JOKE. This wasn't done to embarrass the guy, Harris wasn't profiting from it in any way, and it wasn't some premeditated marketing stunt. And by making a stink about it, this guy is showing to the entire world that he's a greedy, pathetic, classless prick that can't take a joke.

So once again, fuck him.

He's entitled to a ticket because Harris said he'd give him one. Not for any other reason. It wasn't banter. It wasn't a joke. The guy didn't ASK for a ticket; Harris, without prompting, offered to provide a ticket if the Bears went to the game. PERIOD.

It's a simple obligation that the man should honor. And I can't believe you're siding with the punk ass millionaire. :shake:

The guy did say he would sell his Harley, if Harris doesn't come through, I'd like to see if he mans up and does what he said he was going to do.