ABQCOWBOY
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I'm sure if I really wanted to I could break down your analogy and try to follow along. But frankly now I'm just hungry for pie.
BTW, I don't blame Jerry or the owners, hell they've got a sweet system that works to their advantage. But I don't blame players for using whatever limited means they might have to earn to their maximum potential. I know how the CBA works, and I know how slanted it is in favor of the owners and that will never change in this sport because players collectively have too short of an earning window to waste a season trying to improve their lots. It's quite the racket owners have going.
You say it's a racket, I say it's a negotiated deal by the Union, who was selected by the players to represent them. I don't blame the players or the owners. The deal was negotiated and it's not gonna chance until it's renegotiated. I blame the Union and the Fans, if anybody. If this is a bad deal, then it's a bad deal because the Union elected to go for the money instead of the deal that would have provided players more leverage long term. I mean, if you really look at it, the Union went for the same deal Zeke and his agent went for. They went for the money up front. I blame the fans because they are so short sited as to just yell out to whomever will listen, "Pay The Man"! Well, they get what they deserve because any fool can see that the man has already been paid as much as can be allowed, under the rules of the existing game. That's not the fault of the team. That's a Contract and it's the CBA, two things that teams can't break the terms of.