jsull87
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Re: OT: Well not really, but pretty sombering news...
do you understand that without the owners and stadiums and facilities they provide the teams woudn't be there? i agree the players are the product and deserve their share. But if you look at the bare facts of here is the situation and the profit margin when the public pays for the stadium and now our costs are X% higher now it is privatised... the owners are in a worse situation now that they have to pay for the upkeep... therefore they need the responsability to be shared by the whole organisation... players included. You can't expect to reap the benifits of the NFL then when there is an expense to be "shared" you say no i will keep my benifits but pay none of the costs. it is unrealistic.
and you don't think the owners do "real work"... please
If I were a pro athlete, I'd stick to baseball. You'll make a lot more money and put your body at less risk. The owners are ridiculous asking the players to take a pay cut. Maybe they should stop wasting land and disgusting amounts of public money building these "high-tech" stadiums that do little for anyone other than them.
The market value of the NFL is far higher than any other American sports league, and the players, who literally are the product, deserve their share of it. That's what the free market is all about. After all, it's their dedication and willingness to put their bodies on the line that makes the NFL as profitable as it is. But just wait for some miser to argue that the elites deserve to have literally everything achieved on the backs of the people who do the real work.
do you understand that without the owners and stadiums and facilities they provide the teams woudn't be there? i agree the players are the product and deserve their share. But if you look at the bare facts of here is the situation and the profit margin when the public pays for the stadium and now our costs are X% higher now it is privatised... the owners are in a worse situation now that they have to pay for the upkeep... therefore they need the responsability to be shared by the whole organisation... players included. You can't expect to reap the benifits of the NFL then when there is an expense to be "shared" you say no i will keep my benifits but pay none of the costs. it is unrealistic.
and you don't think the owners do "real work"... please
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