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Originally posted by BigGov
I forgot that $18 million can't possibly get you an amazing mansion, an amazing stable of cars, and almost everything you could want money-wise in life. Not to mention football being the biggest sport in the USA and performing well opens many, many doors to sponsorship opportunities.
I hope he holds out, doesn't play, and gets absolutely nothing if he's this damn selfish.
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Consider that a player's salary is relative to the amount of revenue the game generates. If the Browns don't pay out the money to their players, then it just stays in the pockets of the Lerner family.
Somebody's going to get rich off the NFL. Why would you prefer that it be the already-crazy-wealthy owners and not the players who put their bodies on the line every day? The Lerners are rich enough. Asking for income that's relative to the type of wealth you're expected to generate seems fairly reasonable to me.