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Originally Posted by Rudel73
its real easy for everyone to come in here and bash all the players about greed etc...but if the roles were reversed how would you act? You guys are acting like millions of dollars is no big deal!!
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money is one thing, but what about loyalty? I can understand wanting a certain number of dollars because your agent tells you you're worth that but what about the fact that most athletes, when their contract is up, will go looking for the highest bidder, and have no connection to where they play?
I can understand to an extent players making a lot of money but if a player has enjoyed success in a certain area, and the fans like them, why leave for the bigger paycheck?
a prime example is steve yzerman. Early in his career he could have garnered the ridiculous contracts that were being thrown out there at times, but he stuck around in Detroit because the city loves him and he loves the city. If he were willing to leave, i'm sure he could have made more money elsewhere, even his current contracts that he signs (3 yr deals to make sure he has a spot on the roster if he doesn't want to hang it up yet) aren't worth the ridiculous amounts other players of his caliber are getting.