To the Bears, Jay Cutler was worth a seven-year, $126 million contract. To the people at a Chicago pet-adoption auction, not that much.
The Chicago Tribune reports that a football signed by Cutler was being auctioned off. Did anyone want to put up money to help pets in need? Nah. No one bidded.
A dad ended up buying the football for $100 after the auction for his son, who's a Bears fan. So the story does have a happy ending (but, then again, not really; the kid still has Cutler as his team's quarterback). The audience wasn't exactly "a football crowd," but still: They'd rather that puppy in need come up with a side hustle than bid on a Cutler-signed football.
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[via Chicago Tribune]