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Why would he be complaining about the NFL getting softer and also be complaining about the health ramifications of converting one or two preseason games into regular season games?
Roger Goodell's assertion that players are already getting paid for playing a 20-game season.
It's possible to both love playing the game and stand up for players' rights. Let's not posit false choices.
The NFL has a crap union and CBA compared to MLB and the NBA, even though it's arguably more demanding and brutal, and the league itself makes more money than those leagues (I believe - at least in TV revenue it should) so I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of players are upset by this.
Utterly absurd.
Thomas doesn't seem to understand how players are paid in the NFL. For him to get caught up on his preseason check not equaling his regular season check is a just showing that lack of understanding.
When Godell says the players are already paid for the whole season, he is actually right for once in his life. It is how the system is set up. A player isn't an independent contractor working for himself. He doesn't get a weekly paycheck with an hourly wage. He is a member of the NFLPA who collectively bargain their compensation as a whole.
The salary cap is set up so that the players get a % of the league's revenue. If the league goes to 18 games and their TV revenues go up accordinlgy, the salary cap goes up equivalent to the players share of the new revenue, and players get more $. Thomas himself may not make more but collectively the members of the NFLPA make significantly more.
It's possible to both love playing the game and stand up for players' rights. Let's not posit false choices.
The NFL has a crap union and CBA compared to MLB and the NBA, even though it's arguably more demanding and brutal, and the league itself makes more money than those leagues (I believe - at least in TV revenue it should) so I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of players are upset by this.
I see what you're saying, but I hope you saw what I said too. I can see players scraping for every cent they get, but I personally don't care if they get it or not. There is a system in place that pays most of these guys more money in one or two years than I'll ever see in my entire life in a lot of cases. I don't worry about their "right" to make a couple of few more million.
I understand not liking the income disparity, that's for sure. I'd like to see some of that money myself. But I would hate to see them have to do more work for the same pay in the same way I'd like see everybody have a decent, livable wage. Workers in this country get screwed enough as it is.
I think the bigger thing in all of this, including what A.T. said, is bargaining.
I do it all the time. THAT'S what I hate to see, and I don't need to tell you that I'm not a millionaire again.
This is how I like to see players speak. Not politically correct, just real. I love his comments at the end regarding alcohol. The irony.
Every single one of AD's points is backed up by reason. You may disagree, but you have to admit his points are valid.
I, for one, agree.
Imagine if you went into work, and they wanted everyone to work one more day a week? They owners would say "hey, you already get paid yearly". You still make the same per year. This is the same thing that Goodell would be asking. He's asking the players to work MORE for the same amount of money.
I also think the beer stuff is hypocrisy on Goodell's part.
I agree with AD 100%.