NFL Holdouts....Your thoughts?

kelmac07 · 08-08-2011, 01:03 PM

One point we can all agree on is that the NFL needs to start to guarantee contracts.

chippewastud79 · 08-08-2011, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by kelmac07

One point we can all agree on is that the NFL needs to start to guarantee contracts.

Yes, but it won't happen. Same as there will never be an uncapped season.

NCRadioMan · 08-08-2011, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by kelmac07

One point we can all agree on is that the NFL needs to start to guarantee contracts.

I don't agree with that. The injury rate is too great to guarantee contracts. If you are good enough, and stay healthy, that's pretty much a guarantee.

AD720 · 08-08-2011, 02:14 PM

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I don't agree with that. The injury rate is too great to guarantee contracts. If you are good enough, and stay healthy, that's pretty much a guarantee.

Sadly, especially for WRs like Jackson, being "good enough" and "staying healthy" often run in direct contradiction of each other. These guys go across the middle and risk getting crushed between two huge DBs. He's a good WR because of the routes he runs and his hands. Every time he runs that cross route his potential to "stay healthy" is very up in the air. But thats the gig.

These guys get paid what they get paid because it's dangerous. Even with all the pads and rules and fines the potential for a career ending injury is there in nearly every play. I would want some kind of guarantee that if I go across the middle for a catch (to get my team points and win the game) and I get my leg snapped in half that I am still going to see some money in exchange for all of the cartilage in my knee.

BigAsh · 08-08-2011, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by kelmac07

One point we can all agree on is that the NFL needs to start to guarantee contracts.

not happening in the next 10 years, til the new CBA expires...

kelmac07 · 08-08-2011, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by NCRadioMan

I don't agree with that. The injury rate is too great to guarantee contracts. If you are good enough, and stay healthy, that's pretty much a guarantee.

So what about the players with career threatening injuries from the game? Does the NFL need to make things right here? Or are the players just out there? IF I stay healthy I get what's coming my way...the owners are getting pair either way. Time to give back to the players that made the game what it is (I know, I know...this goes back to being told how to run your own business).

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not happening in the next 10 years, til the new CBA expires...

Sad, but true!!

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