Would you pay $10K for a date with a garantee of NO KISSING & NO SEX??

[skippy]

Tue Sep 30, 2008 10:54 pm EDT

Maria Sharapova could be yours for a cool $10,000

By Jay Busbee / Y! Sports Blogs

This is one of those stories that makes you shake your head in disbelief -- first, that it happened, and second, that you didn't get in on it in time.

Seems the lovely Wimbledon champ Maria Sharapova put herself -- well, a date with herself, anyway -- up for auction at a charity tennis tournament. The winning bid was $10,000, which seems a bit below market value.

Lobbing up the awkwardness quotient is the fact that Ms. Sharapova's boyfriend apparently got outbid for the date. Think that was a comfortable ride home?

Oh, and one other thing -- Ms. Sharapova took in $26 million last year, making her the world's best-paid female athlete. That means that for her, a $10,000 bid is the equivalent of getting taken out for a McDonald's Extra Value Meal. She's lovin' it!

Now, in auctioning off the mealtime services of a beautiful athlete, some may see crass, thinly-veiled sexism. Me, I see opportunity.

We've got ourselves a bit of a financial crisis in America these days, right? Well, if Ms. Sharapova is willing to let herself go for a mere ten large, how much do you think Tom Brady could fetch? Natalie Gulbis? Dale Earnhardt Jr.? Derek Jeter?

Time to think outside the box here, people. We've given our athletes so much -- is it so wrong to ask them to start giving back in return?

[be47320]

well played, 10 seconds after yahoo posted it on the front page

[skippy]

Originally Posted by be47320

well played, 10 seconds after yahoo posted it on the front page

Another record for Skippy.

No need to thank me for keeping you informed of breaking news.

[SoonerFan]

HELL NO

I can get alot of Brazillian girls for that price

[Wellahiya]

Originally Posted by SoonerFan

HELL NO

I can get alot of Brazillian girls for that price

i suppose you could screw and party through the entire girl's residential accommodation of the local university/college and still have a couple of thousands left for next weeks 'FrenchDipSandwich' lock of the year NFL ML play.

[wal66]

dudes gonna slip a lil x in her sweet tea

[Sammy the Goose]

I'd slip something else in her 'secret spot'

[QuadzillaXXX]

If you can afford to throw 10 grand out for a date then you can afford to make the date rape case go away probably.

[The Judge]

Originally Posted by be47320

well played, 10 seconds after yahoo posted it on the front page

Exactly.

How many of you have access to Yahoo News?

[RanPicks]

this guys probably has millions... like me paying $20...

[cuse_man]

Originally Posted by RanPicks

this guys probably has millions... like me paying $20...

is this your way of asking us to set up a starving ran fund ?

[weazel079]

Hell no. I can go the beach on the weekend and find girls better looking than her without all the pub. And they are free!!!

[skippy]

Originally Posted by RanPicks

this guys probably has millions... like me paying $20...

Tennis star Maria Sharapova recently auctioned herself off a date with herself at the Bryan Brothers’ All-Star Tennis Smash charity event.

She joked that her boyfriend, Charlie Ebersol (son of NBC Sports chairman Dick), would outbid everyone, but guess what? Some other lucky guy won the date for $10,000. Now that’s just embarrassing, Charlie!

Maybe the Ebersols are not as affluent as people think.

[revnecro1273]

Originally Posted by eekchac

i suppose you could screw and party through the entire girl's residential accommodation of the local university/college and still have a couple of thousands left for next weeks 'FrenchDipSandwich' lock of the year NFL ML play.

LMAO

[revnecro1273]

Originally Posted by weazel079

Hell no. I can go the beach on the weekend and find girls better looking than her without all the pub. And they are free!!!

sure they are there...but can you get them?