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Anyone else see this last night?

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    • Fan cashes in by making 50-yard field goal


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    <!-- begin text11 div --><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top><!-- begin leftcol --><!-- template inline -->It didn't win a Super Bowl, but it was certainly life-changing kick.
    During halftime of Thursday night's CFL game between the Hamilton Tiger Cats and the Toronto Argonauts, Brian Diesbourg, a 25-year-old engineer from Belle River, Ontario, kicked a 50-yard field goal to win $1 million.
    As part of Wendy's Kick for a Million promotion, Diesbourg, who was randomly chosen from among 200,000 entries on TSN's Web site, was to kick field goals from 20, 30, 40 and 50 for various prizes. After missing each of his first three attempts, Diesbourg split the uprights from 50 yards to claim the grand prize.
    "I still can't believe I made the kick," Diesbourg told TSN. "I have never been so nervous, but I knew I had to stay focused on the uprights."
    Diesbourg will be rewarded $25,000 per year for the next 40 years.




    They showed this on NBC this morning and the guy got mobbed by the entire team after he made it.

    Kind of makes NFL kickers who can't make 50 yarders look silly.




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    Thump said:
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    <!-- begin text11 div --><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top>Diesbourg will be rewarded $25,000 per year for the next 40 years.

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    Well, that fucking blows. What the hell? Not exactly much of a life changing experience when you get paid like that....just a supplement to his income.
     
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    ArtilleryBuck said:
    Well, that fucking blows. What the hell? Not exactly much of a life changing experience when you get paid like that....just a supplement to his income.
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    I'm sure he could go to the bank and get an annuity for the payments and get around $300,000 right now. $25K a year wouldn't be bad if he is young. That will keep him in a nice house and cars for the next 40 years. He could use the rest of the money he makes on fun stuff.
     
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    exhawg said:
    I'm sure he could go to the bank and get an annuity for the payments and get around $300,000 right now. $25K a year wouldn't be bad if he is young. That will keep him in a nice house and cars for the next 40 years. He could use the rest of the money he makes on fun stuff.
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    By spreading out the payments that keeps you from doing anything stupid like buying some Rembrandts to use as fire wood.
     
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    The present value of a forty year annuity with annual $25,000 payments (using a 5.91% APR, the national average) is $380,464.37. In case anyone was truly curious. I'm sure no one was. Other than me, of course. :nerd:
     
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    As they were talking about it going to commercial, Scott Van Pelt said something like the guy had one $1,000,000.....Canadian dollars.....which means he can buy a bologne sandwich or something.
     
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