If they really want the freedom to work where ever they please, they're more than free to work in MLB, McDonalds, or the local accounting firm. It might not be playing football, but there's plenty of competition out there for their services.
I knew that response was coming.
Has DC done much in recent years other than Batman and the Superman reboot? I can't really think of anything. The Green Lantern will be the obvious big test for them (especially if they finally do want to move forward with a Justice League project). I'm very interested in that one, but I have a hard time seeing it catching on in the mainstream. So far it seems a bit too sci-fi from the trailers I've seen. All the great ones you mentioned are still somewhat based in reality, there's something you can relate to. I can't shake the feeling that all the Oa stuff and the alien green lanterns is going to be a bit much.
Maybe it would be the exact reverse of that old horror story where a someone is possessed because their transplant came from a killer. This time the scumbag becomes a decent person... only to be murdered in jail.
I eventually wind up seeing most of their movies, mostly when they air on free tv, but that one never interested me at all. I'm sure it's a good movie, but the whole concept of a movie full of talking cars just seems stupid to me.
Stay away from college games (not that it's an option for you). A lot of the time they get students to sing it, which brings it right back to the crappy versions where they have to stylize every single word. I've always wondered if anyone would care if I sat down in the middle of one of those versions that takes about 10 minutes to sing. At that point, it's not really the national anthem anymore so I'm not the one disrespecting it.