No More Manning

It's been a while since my last rant, so I decided it was about time. I was watching football acouple of weeks ago when during halftime a commercial came on. It was Peyton Manning wearing a goofy wig and a greasy mustache. He was talking about himself in the third person, trying to sell me a cell phone. I changed the channel to the other game and again there he was, coming out of a football, trying to sell me a sports drink. I got up to get a snack and use the bathroom. When I came back there he was again as a kid with a big head. At least this time there were different sports figures with him. I changed back to the game I was watching. Guess who had a commercial on? Yep, this time he was cheering on everyday people at everyday jobs for a credit card company. I have seen other ads at other times. My least favorite is the one for a television service where the Colts are beating the Titans, my favorite team, and he suggests that we should change the channel to watch his brother Eli. My extreme dislike of Manning not withstanding, I just have one question. Do these companies think he is the only NFL star to sell their products? I think I have only seen, maybe, two more NFL stars in commercials. Don't get me wrong he is a good quarterback. He has a great arm and can put the ball anywhere he wants. That not withstanding, there are other NFL stars to sell products. I guess Manning can put all these endorsement deals with all of his Super Bowl, AFC Championship, and NCAA National Championship trophies....wait a minute, he doesn't have any. He chokes in the big game a publicly blames it on his team. Yeah, I want a guy like that selling my products. I'm the Eyeball, and that's what I see.