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If the Broncos win, Shanahan is not...

By BILL PLASCHKE
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If the Broncos win, Shanahan is not going to Disneyland.

Or if he does, he’s not going to brag about it.

Unlike several of his players, Shanahan refused the theme park’s monetary offer to shout, “I’m going to Disneyland!” immediately after a victory.

“A commercial . . . should be given totally to the players,” Shanahan said. “They should be the ones that make the money. They’re the ones that should have their face on TV.”

Packer Coach Mike Holmgren also turned down the offer from the theme park.

Because of previous commitments in Green Bay, he couldn’t actually go to Disneyland right away, and asked the theme park if he could delay his visit.

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“They didn’t go for that,” Holmgren said.

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Bill Plaschke

Bill Plaschke, an L.A. Times sports columnist since 1996, is a member of the National Sports Media Hall of Fame and California Sports Hall of Fame. He has been named national Sports Columnist of the Year nine times by the Associated Press, and twice by the Society of Professional Journalists and National Headliner Awards. He is the author of six books, including a collection of his columns entitled “Plaschke: Good Sports, Spoilsports, Foul Balls and Oddballs.” Plaschke is also a panelist on the popular ESPN daily talk show, “Around the Horn.” He is in the national Big Brothers/Big Sisters Alumni Hall of Fame and has been named Man of the Year by the Los Angeles Big Brothers/Big Sisters as well as receiving a Pursuit of Justice Award from the California Women’s Law Center. Plaschke has appeared in a movie (“Ali”), a dramatic HBO series (“Luck”) and, in a crowning cultural moment he still does not quite understand, his name can be found in a rap song “Females Welcome” by Asher Roth.

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