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

[Buck]

http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/2...RRIS25.article

'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

[Smed1065]

Originally Posted by Uncle_Ted

Definitely NOT the same thing. Offering you a bonus if you become employee of the year is meant to make you work harder. If you were then named EOTY, you fulfilled your part of the bargain.

A better analogy would be if you mouthed off and told a co-worker that if you get a $4000 bonus for being EOTY, you'll split it with them or give them then whole amount. The questions I would have then would be - did you really mean it, or were you joking? If the offer was meant to motivate the other person to do a good job, then you shouldn't renege on it. Was it a reciprocal promise (i.e., is your co-worker offering you the same deal)?

The situation with Harris and Lange is best analogized to promising your neighbor half if you hit the lottery. If your neighbor didn't give you any money to play the lottery, and s/he didn't promise to do the same for you if they win it (and your neighbor never plays the lottery anyway), then you should have no obligation to follow through, morally or legally.

Did you even watch the clip? To me it was Harris clearly playing along for the camera. Harris did the guy a favor by appearing on his public access show, and played along with the joke the guy started, and now he's being made to look like the bad guy for not giving in to Lange's extortion. If it wasn't all a joke, then how come Lange hasn't sold his Harley yet to buy himself a ticket? Clearly he wasn't being serious.

If I were Harris I'd now find some affirmative way to screw this guy. Maybe give him the ticket, then send him a 1099 so he has to pay income tax on it. Maybe it's even possible to get the guy's show yanked off public access TV because he's directly trying to make money off it.

If you do not want to be a man that is your choice. the analogy id correct and if you do not like it, it means you say whatever and do not give a shit IMO. When i went to the Indy game and trent or anyone else told me i had a ticket, without asking....I would expect it.

Because they gave me their word, they make 20's what I do and they promised me before I EVEN ASKED. He did not whine or ask, it was offered.............azz.

So you do not care who pays them, like the season ticket holder/

You suck! IMO......

[Buck]

Ive come to the conclusion that no matter what, Chong is going to the Super Bowl. What will be even better is if someone else pays for his tickets so he can laugh at Chris Harris.

This is nothing like promising somebody your Employee of the Year bonus. Chong is a fan of Harris, Employees arent fans of each other. That was possibly the worst analogy I've ever read.

[Buck]

It sounds like a Ticket Broker provided Chong with a ticket.

[The Bad Guy]

Originally Posted by BuckinKaeding

Ive come to the conclusion that no matter what, Chong is going to the Super Bowl. What will be even better is if someone else pays for his tickets so he can laugh at Chris Harris.

This is nothing like promising somebody your Employee of the Year bonus. Chong is a fan of Harris, Employees arent fans of each other. That was possibly the worst analogy I've ever read.

Everyone has a stupid, dipshit uncle.

It's good to know that chiefsplanet is no different than the real world.

[plbrdude]

i read thru this whole thread just to figure out you couldn't trust chris harris or uncle ted as far as you can spit in the wind.