T.O.
The only person who's made the appropriate argument on T.O.'s behalf is Ice Cube, who on the "Hot Seat" a few months ago, noted how owners/gm's have no problem lowering a guy's salary or threatening to cut him after every off-season. So why shouldn't TO get more money now? Mind you, I don't think he's even in Randy Moss' league.
And somebody please remind me to write an article about why Skip Bayless sucks. Because he does and I want to get that out there
posted by aaron @ 11:21 AM
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I didn't see Cube, but he's dead on, and I've been saying that about NFL players for the past few years. In such an injury riddled sport, what kind of weak assed union would allow for non-guarantied contracts? Yeah, the same weak union that saw it's players crossing the picket lines after a whole 2 weeks back in 1987.
Agreed it is a weak union. It is also arguable that the NFL is the lease dysfunctional league (best managed) due to the league's strength and the players' union's relative weakness. Also, the use of signing bonuses (that can be pretty large), at least in theory, mitigates the non-guaranteed contracts. Also, the inherent structure of football (large team with many specialized players) discounts the value of any individual player.
The fairness of non-guaranteed contracts (although sad for players) would cut the other way for owners if guaranteed. The likely outcome of guaranteed contracts is lower salaries across the board b/c the individual player risk is too high. I would rather have the players on the field making money than players on the sideline (or on the bench/in the dugout as in other sports).
Sure I feel bad for an athelete that has a career ending injury, but would you feel the same for an actor that has a career ending movie. I don't.
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