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Originally Posted by pan6467
They sign their name to a contract and breach it..... then screw them, no matter WHO they are or what sport. (Even if it were Lebron, Manning, Pujols whoever.)
Now if they don't have a contract and want to hold out that's a different story (Braylon Edwards etc.).
But personally, I'd rather watch people who play for the love of the game and not the money.
I mean how much is enough.... and to say owners make fortunes while players starve and can be released at any time is BS.
Pay me a couple hundred thou or a mill and release me after a season.... I'll make some good investments and live comfortably the rest of my life.... as will my kids.
The owners have the right to make money. Baseball is a great example of owning a team and it being a money pit.... the salaries are too far out of what the teams bring in. And to say don't pay it is foolish because you need fans to fill the stadium or no matter how low the payroll the owner loses money.
I used to believe players deserved the money, but when I saw they kept getting greedier and had no loyalty to the teams that signed them and paid millions to make them stars, I changed my mind real fast.
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In other words, the owners should be allowed to ignore signed contracts and be as greedy as they want, but the players, who the fans are actually PAYING TO SEE, should not?
The specific numbers don't matter, because of the economic disparity. Obviously all of us would love to be able to do what the players do for the minimum salary. However, I'd be willing to bet that once you are actually IN that system, you would change your mind pretty quick.
I never said that players are "starving". The point is that in the marketplace of the NFL, if a team has the right to completely ignore a signed contract, why is it wrong for the player to do so as well?