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jlf1961 -> RE: 2013 Super Bowl Predictions (1/20/2013 7:56:17 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Marini
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ORIGINAL: jlf1961
In 1980, the average player's salary was $78,657
Today the average salary is $1.9 million
Sorry to say, these guys are playing for the money, not the love of the game.
Who gives a crap?
You really are a kill joy, I almost hate to read what you have to say these days.
Go spread your gloom elsewhere.
No one has ever played football or professional sports for free.
Go Baltimore Ravens!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Didnt mean to be a killjoy, just stating an opinion.
Rocky Blier who played for the Steelers lost part of his foot in Vietnam, first he was told he would never walk again, he beat the odds and walked, then ran.
Then the VA doctors told him he would never play pro football, a year later he was back on the field.
His last season he made $23000 dollars.
He could have taken Veterans Disability, he wanted to play football because he loved the game. It was the only thing he ever wanted to do.
I am not saying that the players should play for free, I just think the salaries paid to all pro athletes are getting way out of hand.
Most kids playing high school and college ball are looking to go to the NFL and get rich, and very few of them actually get degrees in anything that will carry them when they no longer can play, and most players spend their money as fast as they get it.
When they cannot play anymore, the are stuck with a very piss poor retirement when compared to the business world.
There is a former cowboys player living in my town, nice guy, suffers chronic knee pain. His job is managing a fucking car wash for just over $26000 a year.
Now where should the money be, on the front end or on the years after playing?
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