Carl Banks quasi-defends T.O. on Sirius

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Originally Posted by John Hasbrouck

Go back to the fifties and earlier. Most of the players played for a few thousand per season and some of the "Stars" up in the 15,ooo range. Go back further and they played for about nothing. The game was a whole lot rougher also. Besides it is all in the signing bonus. I would think the player would be thankfull he could command a contract in the millions.

What is you point? In the 50's a few thousand dollars was a lot of money and 15K was a shit load of money compared to the general public. Most players in the NFL today make the minimum and relatively few super stars make a ton of money. Besides, the NFL is big business now. They are raking in the dough from left to right while back in the day it was a struggling league.