NFL Players should be paid more...

Hi, I'm Albert Haynesworth!

 

I wavier back and forth on this subject. If I were a player, I'm sure 60% would seem high enough but as a common fan I wonder how much do these men really believe their worth. Take Big Al. I truely believe he is one of the best at his position but is any one man worth 100 million dollars to do anything? Sure its the going rate and that is set by agents and GMs but where does it stop. The NFL is much more than a sport. Its a huge business. Its a head scratcher at best. I'm glad I dont have to make the decisions on either side.

 

Yea sure why not. If half these jerk offs were not playing NFL football they would be lucky to make $25,000 a year. Yea, go pay them more than they already get undeserving.

 

I'd be curious to see what percentages of revenues that other sports give to the players... 60% seems like a lot, considering the overhead.

 

they don't need to be paid more, they need guaranteed contracts. that means guys wouldn't be holding out for the magical $100 million contract that they won't see half of.

 

I would seriously support a rookie salary cap or structure and leave more room for the vets who are actually making the league what it is. Like the NBA did. A first rounder knows what he's gonna make.....period.

 

MLB players need to be paid less. Much much much less.

 

I disagree. Football players should be paid more than MLBers, and baseball players are paid fairly. If you are at the top of your game, you are one of the best in the world. You should be a multi-millionaire for years to come.

MLB players can live a good life, physically after their sport, the same can't necessarily be said about NFLers.

Careers are much shorter in the NFL too. They should be paid extremely well for the short time they are in.

The organizations are getting filthy rich, while the players are getting their heads busted, and seeing very little of it. If you are a backup in the NFL, you should be making millions, in my opinion.

MLB treats their players a lot better, that's for sure.

 

Someone is worth exactly the amount as a willing employer is willing to pay. If NFL GM's weren't paying enough, there would not be any players willing to work...and vice versa. If a player making $5m a year thinks he's worth $8m, he should strike until he is paid that amount. He will find very quickly he is worth what the highest bidder is willing to pay. Or he can find a new career where he can earn that $8M he needs to get by.

Rookies will continue to be worth insane money as long as owners are paying it. It reminds me of the housing boom...year after year they keep going up an unsustainable amount, and we will see a huge crash soon, as we should. We always hear about the horror stories of the few that lost $, but never hear about the homeowner who got a 100% loan with $0 down and sold their house 2 years later and made 6 figures. Why don't reporters report those cases? I've yet to see one reported, although I know significantly more people who made money during the boom than have lost money during the leveling out.

Back to the topic; it is almost in a teams best interest to not have to pay a 1st overall pick $60 million. If he is a bust, you have destroyed your franchise for more than just 1 or 2 seasons. If that's not holding the worst teams down, I'm not sure what is in what is supposedly a parity driven league. The way unproven players are paid on the free market almost ensures the exact opposite.