Hey Nike, LaDainian Tomlinson can't act.

Love him or hate him, at least Lebron James has personality. He's gracing Vogue's cover - only the third man to do so in the magazine's 116-year-history. He's hosted the ESPYs.

I can respect that.

I can also respect athletes like Dirk Nowitzki and Tim Duncan, as they realize they have zero personality - they don't try to be marketing machines. They just play the game and accept the fact they'll never be dancing to showtunes on national television.

During his stint on primetime television, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, a former WWE wrestler turned Hollywood actor, was known to say, "Know your role, shut your mouth." LaDainian Tomlinson desperately needs to heed those words.



Can someone - anyone - tell me why Vizio and Nike want anything to do with this guy? He's gracing national TV ads. Well, he's an NFL standout - nothing new here. I have no problem watching the guy run. Heck, he's a money in the bank come Sunday afternoons during football season. But after hearing him talk, I really wonder what the marketing departments for these companies were thinking bringing him on to endorse their products.

Every time I see one of his monologue-driven commercials, I can't help but think he's going to slowly droop forward and blow a transistor at any moment, revealing he's actually a Korean test robot for their National Defense.