Have Lunch With Mike Mamula! (No Felons Or Angry Eagles Fans, Please)

Burrowed deep in the depths of Michael Klein’s column in the Inquirer today is a little auction being held on eBay. Turns out, if you have a few hundred bucks to spend, you can win a lunch date with none other than former Eagles first round draft pick Mike Mamula!

Mamula, of course, is famous for being a first round bust for the Eagles. Though he wasn’t as bad as some make him out to be, the Eagles traded up to get the “workout wonder” — his draft stock rose due to incredible pre-draft workouts — and passed on Warren Sapp to get him.

The auction’s current high (and only) bid is a cool $300. It benefits the United Way and ends June 10. However, there’s some interesting fine print:

Lunch will be in the Philadelphia metropolitan area, on an agreeable date and time; the cost of lunch will be the responsibility of the winner (not to exceed $50.00). The winner will also be required to complete a personal background check.

We’ll put it in sports terms. Remember when the Eagles built their new stadium, season ticket holders could purchase a “Personal Seat License,” granting them the right to buy better season tickets. Think of the Mike Mamula auction as a PSL: You’re only bidding for the right to have lunch with Mamula — after that, you gotta fork over another fifty bucks for his food.

Lunch with Mike Mamula to benefit United Way Charity [eBay]
Briefly noted [Inky, fourth item]