{"id":434497,"date":"2023-09-01T20:22:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T20:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=434497"},"modified":"2023-09-01T20:22:04","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T20:22:04","slug":"former-nfl-coach-bill-parcells-helped-needy-players-by-lending-them-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/former-nfl-coach-bill-parcells-helped-needy-players-by-lending-them-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Former NFL Coach Bill Parcells Helped Needy Players By lending Them Money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Parcells built a 19-year reputation as the head coach of the Giants, Patriots, Jets, and Cowboys, becoming recognized for both his strict personality and his on-field success. This man could win two Super Bowls, three conference championships, and utter proverbs like &#8220;You are what your record says you are.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The idea that Parcells had a large heart despite the stiff fa\u00e7ade he exhibited to the football world seems to be supported by a forthcoming book, though.<\/p>\n<h2>Former NFL Coach Bill Parcells Helped Needy Players By lending Them Money<\/h2>\n<p>According to Gary Myers, a longstanding contributor to The New York Daily News, The Dallas Morning News, and other publications, Parcells has given former Giants in need loans totaling $4 million over the years.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The legend, Bill Parcells. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iYljS1GP1W\">pic.twitter.com\/iYljS1GP1W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; New York Giants (@Giants) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Giants\/status\/1668670482399342614?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just incredibly generous what he\u2019s done with these guys,\u201d Myers said. \u201cBill has loaned out $4 million to 20 players that played for him, who come to him in this financial crisis. Bill knows when they come to him it\u2019s a last resort.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s not always a loan. In many cases, Parcells gifted the cash.<\/p>\n<p>Myers continued: \u201cI said to him, \u201cBill, you know, $4 million, you don\u2019t expect anybody to pay you back. Why are you doing that?\u2019<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Happy Birthday Bill Parcells (August 22, 1941) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NYGiants?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NYGiants<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8hGzFWNZTP\">pic.twitter.com\/8hGzFWNZTP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Old Time Football \ud83c\udfc8 (@Ol_TimeFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ol_TimeFootball\/status\/1694119926322327642?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd he said, \u2018These guys have sacrificed so much for me with their bodies and their commitment.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For 19 years, Bill Parcells oversaw the NFL&#8217;s coaching staff. He coached the New England Patriots, New York Jets, and Dallas Cowboys after guiding the Giants to two Super Bowl victories.<\/p>\n<p>He is still the only NFL coach to have taken four separate teams to the playoffs, including three that advanced to the conference final.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Happy 82nd to the Big Tuna&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>PFHOF head coach Bill Parcells! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3JsLTsDt7v\">pic.twitter.com\/3JsLTsDt7v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kevin Gallagher (@KevG163) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KevG163\/status\/1694074869074292873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And perhaps the only one to give his athletes millions of dollars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think I know of any other coach who sits down and writes checks to his former players who are really in financial need,\u201d Myers said. \u201cIt\u2019s really a cool story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Senator Ted Cruz Introduces Bill To Protect College Athletics\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/senator-ted-cruz-introduces-bill-to-protect-college-athletics\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Senator Ted Cruz Introduces Bill To Protect College Athletics<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Parcells built a 19-year reputation as the head coach of the Giants, Patriots, Jets, and Cowboys, becoming recognized for both his strict personality and his on-field success. This man could win two Super Bowls, three conference championships, and utter proverbs like &#8220;You are what your record says you are.&#8221; The idea that Parcells had [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":434498,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[14565,14566,14563,14564,5187,2211],"class_list":["post-434497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl","tag-bill-parcells","tag-bill-parcells-lends-money","tag-coach-bill-parcells","tag-coach-bill-parcells-news","tag-nfl-2023","tag-nfl-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}