Carl Banks quasi-defends T.O. on Sirius

[jdlea]

Originally Posted by monk81

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.

We kinda agree. Do I think TO should be asking for a new contract? No. Do I think he should be asking for backloaded money to be moved to the front? Yes. He makes nothing for a player at his level. And in an earlier post I put rough figures I heard on NFL Radio so read that before you spout off about $49 million. TO has every right to want more money. Just as anyone else in America has the right to want a raise.

Think about this for a second:

I don't know how many of you know teachers/are teachers/know what I'm gonna talk about, but here it is:

Last year teachers wanted a raise. Legally they can't go on strike. We all know that teachers take a lot of work home with them. So when they wanted a raise, what they do? They started "not a minute more" which meant that after the students were on buses they would not do anything. Club leaders cancelled meetings. Teachers held picket signs on the side of the road (lead to an accident I was involved in). A lot of people agreed with them. Think about this for a second: Did it help the school or the kids by not having clubs? Did they not know that they would have to grade papers at home when they got into it? Tell me where the line is drawn. I need to know...I actually do know. It's the fact that TO has made a ton of money and does make a lot right now. However, since teachers can't legally strike they did the only thing the could. Pretty similar to a hold out, wouldn't you say?