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Which is better: Vince Lombardi Trophy or an Oscar?

Giants co-owner Steve Tisch is the only person who can definitively answer that question, because he has won both.

Giants fans will like his answer. gump.jpg

"I think the Lombardi was probably more satisfying," said Tisch, who was a producer of "Forrest Gump."

Why so?

"A successful movie, a hit movie, a critically very well-acclaimed movie is very satisfying," he said Thursday at the IMG World Congress of Sports. "The acknowledgment of my industry and my peers given in an Academy Award is fantastic.

"If you look at how a movie is made, it's scripted, it's edited, it's shot over a 70-, 80-, 90-day shooting schedule. It's very different from a live football game. It's unscripted. There's no editing."

Comments (1)

The answer is not surprising. Look at the other side, too. There have only been 38 Lombardi trophies handed out (the first four preceded Lombardi's death). Compared to all the categories in which Oscars are handed out, the Lombardi (given to one group a year), should be more prized for people who dabble in both professions.

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