Yes it is.

Every time a player holds out there is an owner on the other side fighting to keep that money. Literally it's the exact same number.

Someone who makes $30,000 thinks someone who makes $75,000 doesn't have anything to complain about and that person thinks someone who makes $150,000 should be thrilled to make that much more, etc. The players, regardless of league, are simply getting paid what the market will bear at this time.

I get it.

I understand that in the very narrow context of professional sports a person can make $12 million dollars a year, say they are underpaid, and have a legitimate point even though it sounds ludicrous to a "regular" person. I never cared how much players made. If 70,000 people paid to watch in person and a TV station paid billions for the rights to televise you do your job you'd make that much, too.

Again, I get it.

But as I've gotten older and crabbier and the numbers involved have gotten harder and harder for me to wrap my head around I find it increasingly difficult to side with a guy holding out for more money -- even if he has a legitimate point in the very narrow context of the NFL -- who has already made $30 million dollars before the age of 27. If owners "held out" or complained as frequently or as publicly about money as much as the players I would feel the same way about them, but that rarely happens. Football is my favorite sport and the only one I still follow relatively closely, and while I never thought it would when I was younger things like this do diminish my interest to a degree.

Good call by Football Perspective already crowning Jackson but not recognizing the emergence of Collins as a RB

I like Collins but he's a very unknown commodity at this point.

Hopefully he holds out til the last possible day to get credit for the year.

Yeah it is what it is. People seem to always take the players side no matter what though. Even when a guy is guaranteed 15 million dollars for the coming season.

And then teaches the idiot Pouncey brothers and his team's NFLPA reps a bit about determining value and the duties of union reps.

But the Steelers(& each other team) brass will be picking up what, a quarter billion dollar check next week? And we're only supposed to see Bell as greedy?

You dont understand, Bell has to make that 30 million he's already made, plus the other 30 ( minimum) he will get last his entire life!! He's out of football in 5 years or so with a broken and bruised body!! Pass the hat for this poor fella please.

People seem to always take the players side no matter what though.

I am not a legal expert, how many times do I have to say it?

What is the dollar amount level where you should stop worrying about being paid in accordance with how well you do your job vs. others in your field?

It's more fun to be a victim

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

The menstrual cycle changes among Hassidic Jewish women was something as well.

If an owner refused to play any games in the existing stadium until they agreed to build a new one, it would be more applicable.

The menstrual cycle changes among Hassidic Jewish women was something as well.

I like Collins but he's a very unknown commodity at this point.

Laurence Holmes is a fucking weirdo, a nerd in denial, and a wannabe. Not a very good radio host either.

Didn't this dickhead turn down an offer last year that would have made him the highest paid RB in history? Fuck this clown

Didn't this dickhead turn down an offer last year that would have made him the highest paid RB in history? Fuck this clown

Yeah but management !!!!

The guaranteed money was pretty low. It was basically an extra $7 million guaranteed but locking him in for 3 extra years after this one.

The menstrual cycle changes among Hassidic Jewish women was something as well.

Kaepernick signed the largest contract for a QB in history, too, didn’t he? Just no guaranteed money.

Seem to remember that Kaep opted out of a sizable contract thinking he would strike it rich on the open market.

Bell turned down 3years/$47m with $20m guaranteed. I am not sure he beats that number as a free agent, unless he just owns with the Steelers.

Bell turned down 3years/$47m with $20m guaranteed. I am not sure he beats that number as a free agent, unless he just owns with the Steelers.