[Ads-l] franchise

[Jonathan Lighter]

'Star player'?

A Patriots fan tells CNN that he doesn't want Tom Brady punished because
"He's a franchise."

Very tough to Google, but cf. this:

2009 *aestheticartists.blogspot.com/2009/05/jay-cutler-is-bum.html
<http://aestheticartists.blogspot.com/2009/05/jay-cutler-is-bum.html>*  : "Tom
Brady is a franchise quarterback."

Many will recall that the nickname of Mets star Tom Seaver was "The
Franchise."

He was the only person so-called, IIRC. Seaver began playing for the Mets
in '69.  Am not sure just when the nickname was first applied.

JL

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