Marc Ego, I mean Ecko buy's Bond's 756 Ball

So all my San Francisco loving aside, this weekend, Barry Bonds record breaking 756th homerun ball was sold at auction for $752,467.

Today, whilst watching the Today show, I discovered that the owner of said ball is Marc Ecko owner/designer of the falling off Hip Hop brand of clothing Ecko Unlimited. His plans for the ball were what caught my attention not his celebrity.

In what I believe to be a really weird, but not nearly shock inducing enough publicity stunt, the man has created a website, to encourage the public to decide the fate of the ball. Saying he wants to "democratize" the debate surrounding what to do with this ball,  that some believe is an "embodiment of cheating culture- not just in baseball."

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Since when have sports ever been a democratic issue? Of all the issues in the world, this dude is worried about what is fair and true when a homerun baseball is concerned?

I hardly feel like this is a battle worth fighting, Mr. Ecko. To be quite frank, if you want to talk about a cheating culture, yes sports should be considered but your methodology is quite flawed.

To encourage this debate and "democratize" the fate of a piece of sports memorabilia he asks people to choose one of three options.

1. Bestow it: Return the ball to the hall of fame where items like it can be found.

2. Brand it: Burn an asterik into the ball, so we all remember it's not just a homerun ball but has a more deeply seeded history.

3. Banish it: Knock that shit into space.

I see the effort to be adult and political but wonder how much of it is being a sour sports fan by contrast, in fact when I tried to find another stock image of Ecko, or even something related to his clothing line and its sub brands, the only site it would link to was this voting site of his. Recently I've seen quite a few celebs in the news making an effort to be relevant and this just seems like a weird attempt to get out there again.

Barry or not, SF or not, just give the man a break and either give the ball to Cooperstown, or back to him.

UPDATE: I forgot to mention the real reason I find this weird. THE MAN PAID over $750,000 to engage the US in some sort of "thought provoking" debate? Really lame. He could have just written an article.