NFL.....anybody else close to fed up?

• NFL.....anybody else close to fed up? by buddha on 26 Jul, 2011 21:21
• So here's what I'm thinking. I may just forego NFL games this year because I'm fed up with the whining. In 20 years on the PD I never made half what the lowliest bench warmer made. Maybe my chances of suffering a career ending knee injury weren't as great but one bullet could have turned out the lights for good. So their whining about not having longevity as an excuse for holding out or maybe not playing to their full potential leaves me cold. And the owners? I can't say. At least they were smart enough to diversify. All the players have agents and legal teams and it seems that none of them play because they love the game, they do it for the money. That, to me, takes a lot of the charm out of watching.
  I remember in the early days of the AFL seeing a film about the Kansas City Chiefs. Lenny Dawson sold insurance in the off season. Deacon Jones, one of the Fearsome Foursome of the Los Angeles Rams played almost an entire game with a thumb that was so badly dislocated that his teammates could see the joint through the laceration in his hand. The trainer had to yank the thumb back into place every couple of plays. Gale Sayers tore up a knee so bad that even after surgery most people thought he was history. He came back the following year to lead the NFL in rushing. And that was way before the days of arthroscopic surgery. Now these guys get a sniffle and they're on the bench for 2 days so as not to adversely affect their yards per carry before the next contract negotiation.
  Well, thanks boys and girls for letting me vent. I feel better.
• #1 by glockmeister on 26 Jul, 2011 22:12
• I'm with you on being fed up with the NFL.I work my but off everyday in a warehouse not making any where close to the lowest paid pro football player and they are crying that they need more money.I told my wife from now on I am only watching college ball.
• #2 by buddha on 26 Jul, 2011 22:19
• I was thinking college ball, as well. We happen to have a great team at The University of Wisconsin.
• #3 by glockmeister on 26 Jul, 2011 23:16
• My college team is getting better.OSU-Oklahoma not Ohio.The only thing is we just lost our offensive coordinater and he is what brought OSU around.I am strictly college ball now.I was a huge Miami Dolphins fan but I just can't watch pro ball any more.
• #4 by Mikekoz13 on 27 Jul, 2011 05:09
• I feel this way about professional sports in general.... but I LOVE sports so I watch.
• #5 by tomgallagher on 27 Jul, 2011 05:35
• One group of millionaires pissing and moaning about another group of millionaires.
• #6 by Blitzed on 27 Jul, 2011 06:16
• I've moved on from "close to fed up" to disgusted.
• #7 by buddha on 27 Jul, 2011 06:23
• I wonder if the general public feels the same way. It seems like everybody who has posted so far is kinda on the engative side as far as the pros are concerned. I sure feel better about my decision, I was sure I would be the oddball.
• #8 by schro on 27 Jul, 2011 07:23
• Quote from: Mikekoz13 on 27 Jul, 2011 05:09

  I feel this way about professional sports in general.... but I LOVE sports so I watch.
  

  
  Ditto.
  
  That being said, this lockout did have one good result. I like the fact the $$ saved on rookie salaries (creating a pre-determined rookie pay scale) will go to veterans that are proven talent. My team's drafting of JaMarcus Russell (aka "The Round Mound of 4th Down") made the case for the owners.
  
  
• #9 by b.driscoll on 29 Jul, 2011 07:24
•    I too like the cap on rookies.   I also have nothing against players and owners making a lot of money. I along with millions of others LOVE football.