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Originally Posted by pan6467
If the NFL owners have such the heavy hand then why are the players signing.
Jiminy crickets, that's a poor excuse. I can almost guarantee every single poster here would sacrifice a few years of their life to get paid a couple hundred - million dollars a year to play football.
Even if the player makes league minimum for 1 season and he's out, he's set for life and with the right investments will never have to work again.
I don't feel bad, these players make so much it's hard for me to feel sorry for them. They get college scholarships, are treated to all kinds of benefits because they are good at a game and they want to cry how owners are unfair and they can't live on what they make...... have them try pumping gas or working in a factory for $10 an hour with no benefits. Then let's see what they say.
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The one problem with that logic is that professional sports operates on a completely different economic scale from the rest of the world.
Fans are willing to pay the money to watch the players, so the players want, and do deserve, their share.
I actually have no problem with players holding out. If a team can cut a player after a bad year, why can't a player ask for more after a good year? Even TO
