In both versions of The Longest Yard, Paul Crewe asks the old man whose stay in the Big House was extended for an extra 20 years after punching in the face the guy who became warden whether it was worth it.
In both versions of The Longest Yard, the old man says it was, prompting Crewe to renege on his agreement to throw the game between the inmates and the guards.
We’re reminded of that exchange this morning because former Giants receiver Mark Ingram has gotten an extra two years and three months for jumping bail in the hopes of watching his son, Mark Ingram, play in the 2009 Sugar Bowl.
The elder Ingram had failed to show up to prison in December 2008 for the start of a seven year, eight month term for money laundering and bank fraud.
“I do this with a heavy heart,” the judge told Ingram, per various media reports. “You’ve had a remarkable career and your son has a remarkable career. It’s too bad it had to end this way.”
So was it worth it? Ingram eluded authorities for 28 total days, but they nabbed him only hours before the game was set to begin, in the hotel room where he apparently planned to watch it.
The irony, of course, is that if Ingram had shown up as scheduled on December 5 and behaved for the first several weeks of his term, he might have been able to finagle arrangements to watch the game in prison. As it turned out, he didn’t see the game -- and he’ll now be lucky to get out of prison in time to see the last few years of his son’s NFL career.
