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Originally Posted by dmek25
jdlea, dont take the hating personally. everyone is just getting sick of all the greedy, pampered athletes that can never play their sport strictly for the passion that they had growing up. i agree everyone needs to get paid but when a player like antonio pierce leaves for basically the same money, just more up front money and then bad mouths the skins, something is definitley wrong with that picture. reggie bush hasnt played a down in the nfl so why does he feel entitled to it? most of the time a great college career doesnt = a great nfl career. sign a short term deal and prove you are worth the money
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I'm trying not to, but having been in New Orleans, I saw him jump right into the Katrina Relief efforts. That really endeared him to me. I thought he was an awesome athlete before that. However, now I think he's a very good person.
That said, he's just trying to get paid what he's worth. While we may disagree what he's worth, the NFL Draft and other players' contracts dictate his worth. So, that being said, he's worth about exactly as much as Mario Williams since Vince Young is apparently worth more. Now, I know DE's and QB's are generally paid more than running backs, but Reggie Bush was the best player in the draft. Next to, maybe, Vince Young.
People need to get their money when they can. I don't care what we're looking at. Any profession, if you have the opportunity to get paid, you need to get that money cause you don't know when the chance will come up again. Everyone should get what they're worth and when you compare Reggie Bush to the guys drafted around him, that's what he's asking for.
It's him that has the Superdome sold out. Period. Tom Benson is going to get even richer off of him, why not just give him what he wants? He sells tickets and he brings in money for the owner. Tom Benson won't lose money if he gives Reggie Bush Mario Williams money. It's not just the athletes that are coddled here, people. The owners get richer and richer by putting these guys on the field and the players see a small share of the profits. So, I don't feel sorry for any owner/GM who has to deal with a player wanting a lot of money.