my guess is that phil is not losing any sleep over this. have you guys ever heard of a professional QB named Terry Bradshaw? i'd bet my paycheck most of you have. phil was the starter at Louisiana Tech when Bradshaw was there. Bradshaw got the starter position when Phil quit because it interfered with his duck hunting.

as far as the commercialism...the robertson's own none of that except duck commander and buck commander. A&E owns the duck dynasty brand and they are the ones that have commercialized the brand. i'm not saying that phil and the family don't profit from it, but i'm sure it's not as much as we would like to think...

if i remember correctly, the ones with more air time get less than 50 grand a show...for as popular as the show is, that is not very much compared to other shows. still too much for what they do though.

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