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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.njpatsfan said:Oh boo hoo hoo. Normal people don't get benefits for life - why should NFL players who played 4-5 years in the league on the average ?
So you blew all you cash from your NFL salary ? Get a job and work for a living, like the rest of the planet. The only disgrace is the fact that these losers expect handouts.
Why should owners, who in most cases bought the teams long after 1977, have to pay benefits to people employed thirty years ago ?
Of course, if the the NFLPA was a REAL union, they could extend benefits tomorrow to those players. Of course, it would have to come out of the future dues of current players. See that happening ?
Perhpas Upshaw can contribute some of his $ 3 million in salary.
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the taildragger said:nice rant by Lopez.
problem is that to the average fan, it comes off like whining...like guys like Deacon just want to feed at the trough. But so what?, how are they not entitled?
Unfortunately it's going to take a movement by CURRENT players (harry carson alone isn't enough) to address it...and 99 out of 100 players today are too busy "feeding their own families" to care about Deacon Jones.
I don't know how anyone could argue that this doesn't come down to pure unadulterated shameless GREED on the part of the league...a factor which seems to play an increasingly dangerous role in everything the league does.
Did you read my response?upstater1 said:Did you read the article?
Deacon says he is well set financially. He's been going to the HOF for ages. He said he's doing this for guys who have no money and no insurance and no benefits.
You people do realize that we don't have natinoal healthcare in this country right? That means there are only four options for health insurance. Your employer provides insurance, you don't have any insurance, you get private inurance which only the rich can afford, you go on the dole.