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The Packers offered their players cash incentives for good performance in games against Minnesota and Carolina (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3119097)
Most of the reaction I've heard has been about the potential for defensive players to take out Adrian Peterson, for instance. I seriously doubt that $500 would be enough to make a Packers defender want to injure another player though.
In principle, I don't think there's anything wrong with unusual incentives for specific goals, as long as the incentive isn't anything too great. It could help a player focus on something that he needs to focus on simply by bringing it to the forefront.
However, I do think there's a problem with offering money as an incentive. Even though $500 is chump change to most NFL football players, it's obviously very necessary to have full disclosure regarding monetary compensation of players in the NFL. And because of that I think the NFL's policy is a good one to prevent this sort of thing from happening, just to avoid even the possibility of any impropriety (hidden wages, etc.) I haven't heard this aspect of the issue brought up yet.
Thoughts?
Most of the reaction I've heard has been about the potential for defensive players to take out Adrian Peterson, for instance. I seriously doubt that $500 would be enough to make a Packers defender want to injure another player though.
In principle, I don't think there's anything wrong with unusual incentives for specific goals, as long as the incentive isn't anything too great. It could help a player focus on something that he needs to focus on simply by bringing it to the forefront.
However, I do think there's a problem with offering money as an incentive. Even though $500 is chump change to most NFL football players, it's obviously very necessary to have full disclosure regarding monetary compensation of players in the NFL. And because of that I think the NFL's policy is a good one to prevent this sort of thing from happening, just to avoid even the possibility of any impropriety (hidden wages, etc.) I haven't heard this aspect of the issue brought up yet.
Thoughts?