Saxum Posted February 23, 2016 Posted February 23, 2016 I kind of agree. The NFL contract are basically that. Players sign these deals knowing that they are never going to see the $20M in the last year of the deal. It's also a product of how weak the NFLPA is and the hard cap. Teams in those other sports live with bad contracts all of the time. The NHL has a hard cap and guaranteed contracts. If the NFL had guaranteed contracts it would really separate the good and bad front offices. Now, if you make a mistake you bite the bullet and release the guy. Contracts like Tannehill's would destroy a team. The problem is the NFL is so concerned with protecting the bad players - i.e. the players who hit other players, use drugs/alcohol excessively or into violence off the field - and making sure those at top of food chain that the players who work hard, show up in camp, etc are given the short end of the stick. Some of the players ought to opt out of the union and form their own which will protect THEIR interests.
Dorkington Posted February 24, 2016 Posted February 24, 2016 The greed is unfathomable. What incentive is there to essentially steal, when you're already THAT rich?? Textbook example of a dirtball It's basic premise of capitalism.
KD in CA Posted February 24, 2016 Posted February 24, 2016 It's basic premise of capitalism. No, it's the basic premise of human nature. Unless you'd care to share with us all the economic systems that don't feature greed or powerful people.
26CornerBlitz Posted February 24, 2016 Posted February 24, 2016 It's basic premise of capitalism. I heard that the NFL is hiring Bernie Madoff (with the money) as a financial CONsultant. Big if true.
ddaryl Posted February 24, 2016 Posted February 24, 2016 League minimum for an UDFA in 2016 is $450k. I think they're doing okay. that ain't crap for a 10 year career if your lucky to play for 10 years. chances are if your making minimum your not playing for 10 years
FireChan Posted February 24, 2016 Posted February 24, 2016 that ain't crap for a 10 year career if your lucky to play for 10 years. chances are if your making minimum your not playing for 10 years $4.5M "ain't crap" for a 10 year career? How so? If they aren't playing for 10 years, they can always get a job elsewhere.
Kirby Jackson Posted February 24, 2016 Author Posted February 24, 2016 $4.5M "ain't crap" for a 10 year career? How so? If they aren't playing for 10 years, they can always get a job elsewhere. Also, league minimum goes up after a certain period of time. I don't think that you will ever see a player that is good enough to carve out a 10 year career but not good enough to ever earn more than league minimum though.
KD in CA Posted February 24, 2016 Posted February 24, 2016 Even a few years at league minimum would provide a player with a financial leg up in life -- enough to buy a house, or pay for a graduate degree, fund living expenses while looking for a job, etc. And let's not forget these guys are all given a free college education from a respected university, which automatically puts them in the top 1/3 of the job market. I don't understand the mentality that seems to imply anyone putting on an NFL uniform for a couple years should be set for life.
Mr. WEO Posted February 24, 2016 Posted February 24, 2016 Even a few years at league minimum would provide a player with a financial leg up in life -- enough to buy a house, or pay for a graduate degree, fund living expenses while looking for a job, etc. And let's not forget these guys are all given a free college education from a respected university, which automatically puts them in the top 1/3 of the job market. I don't understand the mentality that seems to imply anyone putting on an NFL uniform for a couple years should be set for life. True, but if you only lasted a few years and simply didn't make in the league, you got money for almost nothing. Free to go out and get a real job with money in the bank in your mid to late 20's. It's no hardship.
26CornerBlitz Posted February 24, 2016 Posted February 24, 2016 True, but if you only lasted a few years and simply didn't make in the league, you got money for almost nothing. Free to go out and get a real job with money in the bank in your mid to late 20's. It's no hardship. One size does not fit all in this case. That largely depends on the state of an individual's mental and physical heath upon exit from the NFL stage.
Mr. WEO Posted February 24, 2016 Posted February 24, 2016 One size does not fit all in this case. That largely depends on the state of an individual's mental and physical heath upon exit from the NFL stage. That's why I said wash out. The vast majority of the players who leave early are simply cut. And the "average career of 3 years" is heavily weighted by guys who never last more than one year or past a single training camp. If you got a single paycheck as a player from an NFL team, you get put in the denominator.
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