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2nd Team Getting Their First Start
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PROPOSAL/CONTRACT: The NFL proposes to pay you tens of millions of dollars to play a game. With some stewardship of this money, you should be rich beyond most people’s dreams for the rest of your life. You will be the hero to your new hometown fans. Every head will turn when you walk into a restaurant or bar. Men will admire you. Women will want to be with you and many will throw themselves at you. Basically, your life will be one that every football fan would give their left arm to live.
CONTRACT STIPULATIONS: However, in return for those tens of millions of dollars and that dream life, there are a few minimal contract stipulations you have to agree to. You should not show up at the first day of work with with previously undisclosed severe injuries (say, from dog bites). You need to have some minimal participation in team injury rehabilitation activities. You need to at least pretend some slight interest in your team and its success. It is OK to party some, but don’t go off the deep end. Don't be partying the night before a game or show up at practice drunk. Don’t batter women. Don’t get caught doing drugs, and if you do and get suspended, definitely don’t get caught a second or third time. You can be a turd, but don’t be such an unbelievable turd that your team can’t stand you. Don’t get involved with criminal gangs. Don’t kill anybody.
Who among us wouldn’t run to sign this agreement? Making tens of millions of dollars, be everybody’s hero, having women throw themselves at you? And all you have to do is to somewhat behave yourself during the time of the contract? Who among us wouldn’t give almost anything for this opportunity?
And guys like Easley, Manziel, and Gordon (not to mention a certain MA prison inmate) can’t abide by these rules for a short time while they are making millions and millions of dollars? It is just unbelievable to me. I know they are young, but how could anyone throw away such an opportunity?
OK, rant over, I feel better. Back to our regularly scheduled programming.
CONTRACT STIPULATIONS: However, in return for those tens of millions of dollars and that dream life, there are a few minimal contract stipulations you have to agree to. You should not show up at the first day of work with with previously undisclosed severe injuries (say, from dog bites). You need to have some minimal participation in team injury rehabilitation activities. You need to at least pretend some slight interest in your team and its success. It is OK to party some, but don’t go off the deep end. Don't be partying the night before a game or show up at practice drunk. Don’t batter women. Don’t get caught doing drugs, and if you do and get suspended, definitely don’t get caught a second or third time. You can be a turd, but don’t be such an unbelievable turd that your team can’t stand you. Don’t get involved with criminal gangs. Don’t kill anybody.
Who among us wouldn’t run to sign this agreement? Making tens of millions of dollars, be everybody’s hero, having women throw themselves at you? And all you have to do is to somewhat behave yourself during the time of the contract? Who among us wouldn’t give almost anything for this opportunity?
And guys like Easley, Manziel, and Gordon (not to mention a certain MA prison inmate) can’t abide by these rules for a short time while they are making millions and millions of dollars? It is just unbelievable to me. I know they are young, but how could anyone throw away such an opportunity?
OK, rant over, I feel better. Back to our regularly scheduled programming.