Popeyejones
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KiwiHawk":3jhdb3x3 said:Sgt. Largent":3jhdb3x3 said:I'd agree with you if we were talking about teachers or social workers.
But we're not, we're talking about millionaire spoiled rotten pampered professional athletes who for 5-10 years will make more than 99.99% of us will make in our entire lifetime.
We're also talking about *billionaire* spoiled rotten pampered aristocrats who in some cases did nothing more than be born to the right parents.
"Give the money to social workers" isn't one of the options. Either the players get it or the owners do. In no scenario does the NFL kick back part of the revenue to the loyal fans. It's just not gonna happen.
Amen.
You can only want one of two things.
You can want guys who are mostly from very modest means and through their own hard work, talent, and ability have earned a three to five year window to become very wealthy in this country.
You can want guys who mostly come from multi-generational wealth and will continue to have billions on billions of dollars that is too much to even spend no matter what they do or have done to have even more money at the expense of the guys who have worked their tails off, and who you actually root for on Sunday.
If you're more resentful of the players than the owners what you're saying is that peoplebeing financially rewarded for their talent and hard work bothers you more than people being financially rewarded for being born to the right people.
It's insane to me, and it's something I'll absolutely never understand.