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What do you mean, you're gonna pass. Alan, the only people making money passing are NFL quarterbacks and I don't see a number on your back.
— Seth Davis ‧ Boiler Room
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker turns declining an offer into a joke about football passing. A remark about money and the absence of a jersey number makes the pun a form of pressure. The analogy dismisses hesitation without supplying a substantive argument for accepting the opportunity.
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