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Irrelevant Week History |
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History |
It all began in 1976 when a totally unknown and obscure wide receiver from the almost totally unknown University of Dayton, Kelvin Kirk, became the last player selected in the NFL draft that year - Old # 487 - and he was quite shockingly invited to Newport Beach for a week of upside-down celebrating and cheering. Thus Irrelevant Week was born. It all transpired that historic first week just as Irrelevant Week founder Paul Salata hoped and dreamed. Hardly anyone outside of Newport Beach swooned or blinked. Few noticed. Fewer cared. Perfect. It was so irrelevant that birds didn't even sing. But some kind of strange spark was ignited. The humble essence of being irrelevant stirred souls. And so what was originally planned to be a mere one-shot-only, once-in-a-lifetime brief flight into happy lunacy lingered and survived and grew beyond belief or reason. If that's the ultimate amazement, so be it. Despite its innate humility, despite its unholier-than-thou theme and despite its delightfully miserable lower-than-low self-esteem, Irrelevant Week in Newport Beach, California, USA, has mushroomed into one of the sporting world's most popular events - ranking right up there with Super Bowl Week, Final Four Week, Kentucky Derby Week and shooting sharks in a barrel. Once Irrelevant Week hit age 20, it became rather obvious it will never go away. It's here to stay. |
