The problem with Today’s NFL Star

[Sarge]

Money is the root of all lameness.

 

[Doomsday]

Players wanting to be paid is nothing new in sports.

 

[sunalsorises]

Cowboys top 5 cap hits in 2016 ~ 57MM (Romo at ~ 21MM)[/QUOTE

Thanks. I guess I don’t get the larger point. It seems Dallas spends its cap money wisely?

 

[Cas2800]

You can say the opposite about guys like Dak. He came to play and practiced. Now he is injured and Cowboys could tag him. Their are whispers that the Cowboys may not want to pay him. Sports is a business get your money while you can.

"You get your money when you can" But that also means your expected to play after you get your money. So many of these guys just want to get paid and feel their hard work is done because they got paid. As for Dak.....I'm sure the Cowboys would love to pay him, But at what cost? Really 40 MILLION dollars a year??

 

[CATCH17]

Our entire society is basically all about me. Why should we hold athletes to a different standard?

The owners caused this.

 

[willia451]

You think it's bad in the NFL? Check out MLB.

 

[Vanilla2]

The owners caused this.

caused the different std or caused the attitude of the players

 

[nobody]

I guess we all should have seen this coming from a mile away. It’s a trend that started a couple of years ago and is probably only going to get worse. Today’s NFL “Star” is no longer about “The Team” it’s all about “ME”.....Me Getting Paid, Me being the highest paid at me position, My Brand, my endorsements.

it probably started long before these self centered players but let’s just look at the last couple of years “Stars” and it’s pretty clear how we have gotten to this point.

Levon Bell- at the time one of the best at his position. Held out and made his personal demands to be traded. Now is pretty much getting paid for minimal production and has become irrelevant.

Antonio Brown- Demanded out of Pittsburg, Demanded out of Oakland, passed millions away because he was bigger than the team.

Zeke Elliott- held out with TWO Years remaining on his contract. Demanded to get paid. Demanded to be the highest paid RB. Made sure to pass on his wisdom to Dalvin Cook to”Get that money!”

Jaylon Ramsey- Pretended to be injured and demanded to be traded.

Demarcus Lawrence- refused to get the surgery HE needed for HIS body unless he was paid. He also wanted to be paid the highest at his position.

Off the top of my head these are just a few of today’s “STARS” molding and shaping the NFL future. No longer is the focus on the team, and the goal being a Super Bowl. The Modern day NFL STAR is all about me, my brand and making millions. Let’s be honest, these are young men in their early 20’s demanding tens of millions of dollars PER YEAR to play football. How many LIFETIMES would it take us average Americans to make ten millions of dollars?? Yet you have guys like DAK rumored to be Demanding 40 Million per year. Yea that’s right..,per year!

Don’t get me wrong, there are plenty of NFL players who still believe in the NFL of old but those are usually not the ones making millions. It’s Star players who have made this more about business and ME making that money, then it is about team or superbowls.

And unless teams start refusing to sign guys the Antonio Browns when they become available nothing will ever change. Sad...but that’s today’s NFL STAR has become.

It started long before the current crop. Deion Sanders ring a bell?

It started back when free agency started.

 

[CB61]

I guess we all should have seen this coming from a mile away. It’s a trend that started a couple of years ago and is probably only going to get worse. Today’s NFL “Star” is no longer about “The Team” it’s all about “ME”.....Me Getting Paid, Me being the highest paid at me position, My Brand, my endorsements.

it probably started long before these self centered players but let’s just look at the last couple of years “Stars” and it’s pretty clear how we have gotten to this point.

Levon Bell- at the time one of the best at his position. Held out and made his personal demands to be traded. Now is pretty much getting paid for minimal production and has become irrelevant.

Antonio Brown- Demanded out of Pittsburg, Demanded out of Oakland, passed millions away because he was bigger than the team.

Zeke Elliott- held out with TWO Years remaining on his contract. Demanded to get paid. Demanded to be the highest paid RB. Made sure to pass on his wisdom to Dalvin Cook to”Get that money!”

Jaylon Ramsey- Pretended to be injured and demanded to be traded.

Demarcus Lawrence- refused to get the surgery HE needed for HIS body unless he was paid. He also wanted to be paid the highest at his position.

Off the top of my head these are just a few of today’s “STARS” molding and shaping the NFL future. No longer is the focus on the team, and the goal being a Super Bowl. The Modern day NFL STAR is all about me, my brand and making millions. Let’s be honest, these are young men in their early 20’s demanding tens of millions of dollars PER YEAR to play football. How many LIFETIMES would it take us average Americans to make ten millions of dollars?? Yet you have guys like DAK rumored to be Demanding 40 Million per year. Yea that’s right..,per year!

Don’t get me wrong, there are plenty of NFL players who still believe in the NFL of old but those are usually not the ones making millions. It’s Star players who have made this more about business and ME making that money, then it is about team or superbowls.

And unless teams start refusing to sign guys the Antonio Browns when they become available nothing will ever change. Sad...but that’s today’s NFL STAR has become.

It's more prevalent now but it started long ago with the new CBA IMO

 

[Flamma]

I still don't think they should have paid Tank or Zeke that kind of money. It's not like the team is that much better with them.

 

[TexasBoys2288]

You're older than I am, you tell me.

When I was young, I walked barefoot in rain, snow, and hail 5 miles uphill to school everyday, both ways.

 

[windward]

People complained about “today’s athletes”, well, since the beginning of sports.

 

[Blackspider214]

Do you take pay cuts for the better of your company bottom line? Or to allow for new hires and your coworkers to get paid more? Absolutely not. But couch potato fans expecting pro athletes to sacrifice money when their time in this league is very short and the owners make hundreds of millions a year is ridiculous. All fans care about is winning. They don't care about the players as humans. That is their real life. I am glad the players are all about themselves because the owners sure don't care about them and will cut them with zero notice.

 

[Blackspider214]

People complained about “today’s athletes”, well, since the beginning of sports.

This goes for life in general. Every previous generation complains about how bad the current generations are and how it was much better in their days.

 

[bandfan]

Started going downhill just as soon as players no longer had to have a summer job to supplement their income.....

 

[Ranched]

It's all about the mighty dollar bill. It's out of control what these guys are getting paid. They should get paid on their performance, period.

 

[Keithfansince5]

Cowboys top 5 cap hits ~ 65MM

Payrioys top 5 cap hits ~ 61MM

Want to try again?

Yeah I'll try. Your example doesn't include Dak and his anemic 4th round salary. Try again once he breaks the bank. With Dak at #1, the top 5 of Dallas will dwarf the Pats.

 

[Keithfansince5]

It's all about the mighty dollar bill. It's out of control what these guys are getting paid. They should get paid on their performance, period.

Yep, No wonder I like you lol. I would like to add the CBA is actually what has destroyed football. The CBA dictates how little these sissy boys can practice, lest they get hurt, wahhh, it also dictates salaries, etc. The CBA has turned the NFL into showbiz.

 

[darthseinfeld]

Okay Boomer.

I hate the fact that these players get compensated well for destroying their bodies, significantly shortend their life span, and making already rich people even richers.

Its a microcosm for all the ills of our society

 

[darthseinfeld]

Yep, No wonder I like you lol. I would like to add the CBA is actually what has destroyed football. The CBA dictates how little these sissy boys can practice, lest they get hurt, wahhh, it also dictates salaries, etc. The CBA has turned the NFL into showbiz.

The NFL is showbiz. Always has been