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  • Basketball Fan
    Member
    • Mar 2008
    • 17244

    Cowboys fan loses bet will name son after RG 3

    I hope this kid grows up to be a Giants fan


    Marissa Pena, a 31-year-old lifelong Cowboys fan, lost a Thanksgiving Day bet to her boyfriend, Emanuel Vega, who is -- you guessed it -- a lifelong Redskins fan. The stakes: the name of their unborn son.


    Baby to be named after RG III

    The Washington Redskins' fan base is about to grow by one, and the Dallas Cowboys have only themselves to blame.


    Marissa Pena, a 31-year-old lifelong Cowboys fan, lost a Thanksgiving Day bet to her boyfriend, Emanuel Vega, who is -- you guessed it -- a lifelong Redskins fan. The stakes: the name of their unborn son.
    As a result of the Redskins' 38-31 victory, the couple will welcome Robert Griffin Vega -- yes, RGV -- into the world next month. The due date for their first child is April 16.
    "I thought that was cool, our first official relationship game on Thanksgiving of all days," Vega told The Washington Post. "She thought it was cool too, so we needed some kind of bet. She said the loser would wear the jersey of the other team on the last game of the season at a Redskins bar. That would be horrible for me. That would be horrible."

    So instead they agreed to let the winner pick the baby's name.




    After two names -- Emmitt Vega and Darrell Green Vega -- were rejected, the couple went with their favorite active players. So they settled on Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III and Cowboys wide receiver Miles Austin as the options.
    "I was second-guessing the whole time, like, 'What am I thinking?'" Vega told The Post. "If she's gonna name him after a Cowboys player, there's no doubt he would be a Cowboys fan. My son, as a Cowboys fan? I might have to disown him. ...
    "We've had bets before, where she would wear my Redskins sweater at work if they won. But the name of our son? Determining what fan he would be? It was just insane that they won. That was even bigger than the division title."
    As for Pena?
    "It's all fair in love and war," she said.
  • vapacersfan
    Member
    • Apr 2006
    • 8614

    #2
    Re: Cowboys fan loses bet will name son after RG 3

    News must by super slow

    The least yahoo could have done was cited the source

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    • Heisenberg
      u bum
      • Jun 2010
      • 25190

      #3
      Re: Cowboys fan loses bet will name son after RG 3

      Morons.

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      • vapacersfan
        Member
        • Apr 2006
        • 8614

        #4
        Re: Cowboys fan loses bet will name son after RG 3

        Originally posted by Heisenberg
        Morons.
        Guess the same applies for the people who named their kids after Manning and Reggie Miller.......

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        • riverside
          Unauthorized User
          • Dec 2004
          • 123

          #5
          Re: Cowboys fan loses bet will name son after RG 3

          it's a bit odd to name a pet after a sports idol, but a child...
          Paddle faster, I hear banjos!

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          • Basketball Fan
            Member
            • Mar 2008
            • 17244

            #6
            Re: Cowboys fan loses bet will name son after RG 3

            Originally posted by vapacersfan
            Guess the same applies for the people who named their kids after Manning and Reggie Miller.......


            I think in those cases a bet wasn't made in place.. which I find the biggest issue in all of this. I mean naming a kid is a big deal(at least to me) I wouldn't let it be decided on some lame sports bet. Its what happened to Isiah Thomas of the Kings was named after *the* Isiah Thomas because his dad was a Lakers fan and if the Pistons beat the Lakers in the NBA Finals he was going to name him Isiah.

            Even if I found it funny....

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            • thewholefnshow31
              Member
              • Mar 2010
              • 1724

              #7
              Re: Cowboys fan loses bet will name son after RG 3

              When coming up with one of the biggest decisions for your child that will go with him for the rest of his life you should totally leave it up to a bet. Morons indeed.

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              • vapacersfan
                Member
                • Apr 2006
                • 8614

                #8
                Re: Cowboys fan loses bet will name son after RG 3

                I did not say it was a smart decision. Never even said I agreed with it.

                But its not like it is the first time it has happened, nor is it the last

                We as a country have a weird set of priorities

                As a matter of fact I just read an article the other day about a lady who named her son peyton Manning back in the 90's. She was "shocked" that he turned out to be a NFL QB

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                • PacerDude
                  It's just my opinion.
                  • May 2009
                  • 10049

                  #9
                  Re: Cowboys fan loses bet will name son after RG 3

                  Originally posted by vapacersfan
                  Guess the same applies for the people who named their kids after Manning and Reggie Miller.......
                  Yup. It's idiotic.

                  A pet - sure - that's OK. A child ?? Idiotic.

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                  • RWB
                    Member
                    • May 2004
                    • 7987

                    #10
                    Re: Cowboys fan loses bet will name son after RG 3

                    Originally posted by vapacersfan
                    I did not say it was a smart decision. Never even said I agreed with it.

                    But its not like it is the first time it has happened, nor is it the last

                    We as a country have a weird set of priorities

                    As a matter of fact I just read an article the other day about a lady who named her son peyton Manning back in the 90's. She was "shocked" that he turned out to be a NFL QB
                    I never knew Robert or Austin were considered sh!++y names.
                    You know how hippos are made out to be sweet and silly, like big cows, but are actually extremely dangerous and can kill you with stunning brutality? The Pacers are the NBA's hippos....Matt Moore CBS Sports....

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                    • Stryder
                      Nerd.
                      • Jan 2004
                      • 5054

                      #11
                      Re: Cowboys fan loses bet will name son after RG 3

                      Never underestimate the stupidity of a Cowboys fan.

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                      • Basketball Fan
                        Member
                        • Mar 2008
                        • 17244

                        #12
                        Re: Cowboys fan loses bet will name son after RG 3

                        Originally posted by vapacersfan
                        I did not say it was a smart decision. Never even said I agreed with it.

                        But its not like it is the first time it has happened, nor is it the last

                        We as a country have a weird set of priorities

                        As a matter of fact I just read an article the other day about a lady who named her son peyton Manning back in the 90's. She was "shocked" that he turned out to be a NFL QB

                        I agree and I know who you were talking about that Peyton Manning is a hockey player in surburban Colorado and I did find that lame too(and kind of cool)


                        They even met there's an article about it a few months ago on NFL.com

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