Good question. Hopefully he can manage to survive on the $5.6 million he has on his contract for this year. In 20 years, I'll be lucky to be be at a quarter of his pay for this season.
I'd be happy w/ his .6 over the next 3 years...
I have zero sympathy for these guys when it comes to money.
So much to say on this - see below...
Why make contract exceptions for only running backs? Do we need to do something for a kicker who makes 7 game-winning kicks in a season and sends his team into the playoffs? I get they take a lot of hits, but it's been known for awhile that running backs are not a high value position in the NFL right now.
I agree no exceptions; but, I am not upset at the great RB, who plays for 7 years wanting to get his moola v.s. the great kicker, who, in reality, makes about the same, if not more during his 20+ years in the NFL. {this is my opinion - not fact}
Again, NO ONE is forcing these guys to play or be a running back. If they don't like the measly 6-10 million they make a season, then quit and go do something else. Or become a WR or a LB or another position.
Most RB's don't even last 7 years in the league - those are the great one. A player plays at the position he excels at---if it is a RB/WR so be it. You ought to be mad w/ the NCAA and owners from the NFL rather than the players...
Really. Ok. I will draft Sequon Barkley and you can have the kicker. Running backs don't have value because of the CBA not because of their importance to the game. The belief is because of the nature of the game you are better off with a rookie with nothing on the cap and no tread on the tires than an experienced pro in the prime of his career, but soon to drop off. And there isn't one other position like that. No one goes oh I know he is a top 5 receiver but I'm not going to re sign him. I will go cheap and draft. Ever. The contact a lineman receives is literally nothing compared to a running back. It's one yard apart. Running back contact is two freight trains colliding.
As far as the 6-10 million, do you short change yourself at your job? Who the **** does in this game. Did Ben Roethlisberger take less because he wanted to win a championship?
I understand where you're coming from.
They get free college, get millions, cry me a damn river.
C'mon man...
I disagree with the bolded part. There pretty much has to be head-to-head, head-to-shoulder, etc. collisions on every play. These are huge guys propelling themselves at each other with all of their strength. Only being 1 yard isn't much of a consolation.
I agree here - both positions are brutal - getting clubbed upside the head by a 300+ human is not a pleasant feeling (and that's once - we're talking about 30+ shots to the dome per game)...not to mention the blind-side hits and when your ankle or knee gets rolled up on by another person...
I get that you don't sympathize with these guys in the money department because it is more than what most earn in a lifetime compared to one season of work.
However these guys don't just come out of highschool and pick football as a career choice. They start honing their skills at an early age and make sacrifices just for the opportunity to play highschool, then hope to be prepared enough to receive a scholarship to a decent college. Many times it will never be their choice at which position to play due to their physical make up, mental processing, skills and where ever a coach decides to use them. Even at the college level guys are shifted around constantly and some even do it to gain a chance in the NFL. We all want to obtain the most money we can garner, balanced against things like playing for a hometown team or potential Superbowl contenders. Only the elite players can manipulate their way around the league like AB did. They roll the dice and take the chance it might not work in their favor. I don't have any problem with a player wanting more money as they see salary caps rise and most sports have guaranteed money so that is an issue that is surfacing in the NFL. The only problem I have is the manner in which some guys and their agents go about this process. AB *******'s way ---- Demarcus Lawrence mad respect--- continue to work, maintain positive attitude and get rewarded.
Quoted for truth.
They don't sacrifice anything in High School, they play a game and have fun doing it in Highschool. These guys have their ***** kissed from highschool and onto the pros, excuse me if I don't care about them or their money they aren't making. Again, use that free school and go get a job where you don't get hit. The system is what it is, to damn bad. No one gives two ***** about the kids that struggle to pay for their education, have to work a full-time job on top of their classes, while these athletes get a full ride and have all their school paid for.
Bruh, has Coach abducted you or something??? There are uncountable stories of the sacrifices kids make, in HS, just to, in your words, "have fun". A vast majority of these young men see football as 'a way out of their current lives and a door/portal to a better life'.
Let's face it, Johnny Manziel came from old money and dazzled 'merica with his talents in college---where's he now? Living off of his family's money, if he's all out of his from the NFL would be my answer. This isn't a black or white thing, so let's not go down the rabbit hole, the truth is sports is the way many lower class kids
elevate themselves to the next class or above that, albeit for a short time, it is their ladder out of their situations. So, am I upset that the kids get a free ride in college with free meals and the potential to make it to the top 1% of the football iceberg? No. I've said this before, "shame on the NCAA for not paying all their athletes a stipend after each game, so that they can learn to, at a very minimum, manage money---money that most didn't have before college.
Now you have wide-eyed kids coming into the NFL with visions of grandeur - and they end up blowing their wads within the first 3 years because they can't break the ties from home or manage the new money and the behavior that comes w/ it.
It's sad, but, that's the truth. I hope that I haven't offended anyone w/ this or any of my comments...
