Eli Apple’s mom is becoming my favorite mom, besides my mom of course.
Check out her explanation on SI about why Eli didn’t have a rolex or any fancy jewelry at the draft.
I just wanted to focus on what we could control, so I turned my attention to how Eli would look on draft day and for his first team press conference. For the draft, I wanted to go with a more classic look and no one does classic better than Tom Ford. A friend of ours who happens to be a gifted tailor gave us the looks, and I chose a classic black suit for the draft and a blue suit for his team press conference. It was kind of weird that I agreed to a blue suit when Eli’s projected teams were Miami, Pittsburgh and Oakland, but I wanted to keep it classic and clean.
Eli was offered Rolex watches and diamonds to wear on draft day. I told him, “Dude, you’re an unemployed college dropout. You will not be on TV with a Rolex.” So we decided if he needed to know what time it was, he could just look at his phone. I bought him a portable charger.
Considering Eli is going to NY, it is great that he has such a wonderful support system. You should read the entire article, it is very good from his mom with a lot of behind the scenes stuff.