Well, football fans, its that time of year once again. Our favorite teams are going back to work, getting ready to bring us quality football for another season. And then there's Devon Hestor, Chad Johnson, Plaxico Burress and other NFL players who are refusing to show up for team practices until they get more money in their contract.
In what fantasy world does this work. How do they not just get fired? This isn't a union, by the way, they aren't striking. They are unhappy with the contract THEY SIGNED and are holding out for more money. Any other job in the world, the boss would say, "alright, see ya, good luck."
These grown men, these professional athletes who get paid for playing a game better than the rest of us, just are satisfied with the millions of dollars they recieve for running fast and catching balls. They want more millions. They are greedy, selfish a-holes. Excuse me.
Hey, NFL contract hold-outs, you look rediculous. You're acting like babies. Shut the frack up and play football.
What if our doctors wouldn't operate until they got more money? And, on the other side of that same coin, they are so many more deserving people who SHOULD not go to work until they get more money: teachers, police and firefighters, soldiers, the men and women who build our roads, maintain our bridges.
These men aren't just playing their fiddles while the world is burning, they want gold-plated strings.
So, you whiny little brats, shut your mouths, take your millions, thank your gift horses, go to practice and PLAY!
I love football,
BB
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Well! You should feel lots better. Where did you learn to rant like that? Oh, I agree with you 100%.It's just that I worry that you might hurt yourself during one of your rants. Do take care. cb
Thank you for this post, Brad. I also get sick of seeing all the "lucky" ones whine about not getting paid enough. Thank you especially for sticking up for teachers. It's nice to know someone appreciates what we do:)
Well, we don't know what it's like to be weighing our value in millions of dollars. It seems to screw a lot of people up.
However, I can recommend an antidote to spoiled pro athletes if you're lucky enough to live in the right area. I recently went to National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) game between the New England Riptide and the Chicago Bandits. The players are top-level, mainly right out of college softball. The spirit and hustle of these young women is unbelievable, and they are basically playing for travel expenses and a few bucks. The maximum total team payroll for a 16-player roster is $100,000!
I wrote about the experience on my blog in a post called “An Evening in Lowell: Mixing in a Changeup,” which I invite anyone to read that might be interested. If you live near a city that has a team in the NPF, so you might want to check it out. It’s cheap.
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