[monk81]

Originally Posted by jdlea

When's the last time millions of people tuned in to watch Donald Trump work? Oh, the Apprentice? He didn't work hard then. So...football players make a lot of money because they generate a lot of it. If you don't like that they get paid so much protest by not dumping your dollars into. Don't watch. Don't buy the jerseys. Don't buy anything affiliated with the NFL. If everyone who "hates the modern" athlete did that then it might make a difference. If everyone who says "they get paid too much" or "they're selfish" or whatever...take a stand. Stand up for what you believe in. They're just supposed to be used to make owners rich?

I think what most of you all miss is the fact that the owners make tons of money off of the players. Once the players turn 30 then they are perceived as starting to decline. So they stop making huge money. They start getting cut because of backloaded contracts. Loyalty will only ever be a one way street. This is much the owners fault as anyone's. If you can cut when you don't live up to your contract, you should be able to ask for a new one. I know everyone on this site has asked for a raise...what's the difference? Did you not agree to work for a certain price and then ask for more? Tell me how it's different. You don't make millions? So what. I probably don't make as much as many of you, do you hear me bitch that you want a raise? No. So I'm tired of everyone getting on their high horse talking about how they're out of line because they make a whole lot more than you. The owners don't give a damn about a player's signature on the contract when they cut people. Why should it be any different when players want a raise?

I hear what your saying JDLEA.......but business is a business is a business.
My company laid off tenured employees that were making near the top of their salary range, so they can hire newbies that can come in and do the same job but at the minimum range of the salary scale. It happens to all workers.

I don't begrudge athletes their big buck salaries, but what I have a problem with are non-loyal prima donna players who after one year want more money and put their team in cap hell, so the team can't sign other players to improve their team because of the few that hog the salary cap. That's what I have a problem with.