orlando sentinel
As if it wasn't enough for Ron Zook to have a Web site dedicated to him, the highly criticized coach became even more popular on the Internet Thursday.
So popular, in fact, one eBay bidder offered more than $999 million to purchase the coach. That's right. An anonymous seller actually placed Zook for sale on the nation's most popular auction site.
The author, who requested anonymity, said he posted the listing as a joke Wednesday at 10 p.m. More than 16 hours later, when eBay pulled the phony listing off its site for a breach of rules, the link had received more than 30,000 hits.
At one point Thursday, more than 100 visitors a minute checked in as Zook's price grew from one cent to nearly $1 billion, the author said.
"Sold!" said Ron Zook, when he was asked if he had heard how high his worth had escalated.
The description read: "Going out of business sale! Take him off our hands! Need a dishwasher or cabana boy? He's your man. Just don't use him as a football coach."
As if it wasn't enough for Ron Zook to have a Web site dedicated to him, the highly criticized coach became even more popular on the Internet Thursday.
So popular, in fact, one eBay bidder offered more than $999 million to purchase the coach. That's right. An anonymous seller actually placed Zook for sale on the nation's most popular auction site.
The author, who requested anonymity, said he posted the listing as a joke Wednesday at 10 p.m. More than 16 hours later, when eBay pulled the phony listing off its site for a breach of rules, the link had received more than 30,000 hits.
At one point Thursday, more than 100 visitors a minute checked in as Zook's price grew from one cent to nearly $1 billion, the author said.
"Sold!" said Ron Zook, when he was asked if he had heard how high his worth had escalated.
The description read: "Going out of business sale! Take him off our hands! Need a dishwasher or cabana boy? He's your man. Just don't use him as a football coach."
