Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Roddy White has once again changed his mind and decided to pay up over a bet he made with a fan on Twitter. White told Dylan Hoyt that if Mercer beat Duke in the NCAA tournament, he would give Hoyt Falcons season tickets on the 50-yard line.
Mercer did upset Duke 78-71, as it turned out, and that's when things got murky. Originally White said he would honor the bet by giving Hoyt tickets to a game on the 50-yard line against the Chicago Bears, but later changed his mind and said he would not give Hoyt anything.
Considering it wasn't a "real bet" and Hoyt had nothing on the line, White's reasoning made some sense. Still, he took a beating on social media, even after Hoyt himself said he was wasn't owed anything from the bet.
However, now White has decided to pay up after all, with a little bonus on top. According to ESPN, White will present Hoyt with not only two season's tickets, but a pair of tickets to the Super Bowl as well. Hoyt will get special pre-game sideline passes for one Falcons game and will even be a special guest of White's at training camp.
@DHoyt77 2 season tickets, 2 SB tix, pregame sideline passes to game and a day at camp as my guest. How does that sound
— Roddy White (@roddywhiteTV) March 27, 2014
@roddywhiteTV that'd be awesome brother and more than I could ask for! But hey seriously what happened to ya team? Lol #GoMercer
— Dylan Hoyt (@DHoyt77) March 27, 2014
I tried telling y'all @roddywhiteTV was a good guy in the end!! Couldn't ever imagine something this awesome! #RiseUp
— Dylan Hoyt (@DHoyt77) March 27, 2014
"I'm a man of integrity and definitely a man of my word, and the kid is a great kid," White told ESPN.com. "We have talked about it for days while people were just speculating. And being a father, you have to be responsible for your actions. I have always been a 'say what you do and do what you say' type of guy. And I wanted to add some incentives because he was so cool."
