Quote Originally Posted by elnutsmalljaws View Post
Because "THEY" are living paycheck to paycheck. At least that is what one yahoo said on Rome is Burning a couple of weeks ago. Said that almost 75% of the players in the NFL live paycheck to paycheck and when they missed one or two, they would be hurting and would really negotiate. For 2009-2010 season, the AVERAGE salary on the Kansas City Chiefs was $1,400,000 which was the LOWEST of any team in the NFL. If the average is $1.4 Million, and surely this is not 75% of the players, then it must be really terrible to live paycheck to paycheck while making $117,000 a MONTH. Give up a couple of homes, give up 15 automobiles, give up the apartment in New York - LA - Miami and London England. Nothing but a bunch of spoiled brats and rich owners that can't find a way to split up $9,000,000,000 in revenue, that is $9 BILLION. Are you kidding me? Personally hope they put a rookie salary cap, team salary cap, MONSTER tax on owners that exceed the salary cap (nothing like the luxury tax in the NBA but something really worthwhile) and other stuff in play so a middle class family of 4 can realistically go to a game every now and then.
As hard as time are for the poor folks like myself, it makes me sick to see how much money these guys are fighting over. I have not been a big NFL fan and I think I'm gonna be even less of one now.