vin.couve12":ynn2mzfz said:
Most of these people haven't even played a down of football in their life and so players are just expendable, weekly entertainment.
This sounds really bad. Why should it matter if most people haven't played a down of football? Most people don't get the benefits that even PS Squad NFL players get.
A lot of people get injured or crippled on the job or in accidents and spend the rest of their lives battling for health care and treatment. Nobody looks up to them for that. So why should it be so different for NFL players?
They're not special people. Some, like Russell Wilson use their platform to benefit others, but percentage wise, it's not that common in professional sports beyond foundations that are also tax shelters.
NFL players are some of the most well off people on the face of this planet, and should never complain about their short earning window, when that window contains more money than most of us will see in a lifetime.
And I wish they would stop referring to this game as "war." IMHO, it's an insult to our soldiers. I don't despise them for using the the term, I don't think they know any better. But if they were to go to Afghanistan, or Iraq, they would probably stop calling football "war."
I'm glad Kam's back, I don't hold any grudge for him because he hurt himself, his coaches and his teammates far more than he hurt me. I just hope he can get back to where he was before he made this (imho) silly move, and that the wounds between him, the front office, and the players can be healed and put behind them. But that's on Kam to do that. He shouldn't even be mentioning those "that disagreed with me." That's their right, his decision effected them also. Just because they are on his team doesn't mean they have to agree with his decisions.
That said, it needs to be a two way street. They all need to put this behind them and be on equal footing. If Kam buddies up with Marshawn Lynch in an "us against the world" theme like there was with Percy Harvin last year, that helps nobody.
Lastly, I see a lot of emotion on here from both sides, but mostly even-keeled talk. That, imho, is to be expected, and I can't see where there's a position that anyone can take where they can say "I'm right, and you're incorrect." Because football is such an emotional, fanatical sport, fans are going to have every level of emotional investment and opinion there is. There is no right or wrong to it.
"For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise." does not apply to football forums :snack:
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