Barry Sanders was awesome- Fun video to watch.

[Al Bundy]

Originally Posted by Brainiac

Barry Sanders is getting a lot of love in this thread. I was a big fan of his until he decided to totally **** over his team and his fans by abruptly retiring at the start of training camp without even bothering to tell ANYONE. He just fled the country without telling anybody where he was. The Lions opened training camp, and the big question was "Where is Barry Sanders?". After everyone wondered for several days what the hell had happened, he FINALLY faxed a letter to his hometown newspaper announcing his retirement.

He walked away from football at the age of 30 and still in the prime of his career. I'd be just fine with that if he'd had the guts to tell his team that he was going to do that. But he didn't. He was a total coward who showed a complete lack of respect for his team and his fans. The Lions gave him an $11 million signing bonus as part of his $35 million contract just two years prior to that, and they deserved better than that.

That single act destroyed the goodwill of a lot of fans of his.

You mean the way teams cut players all the time with no warning?

[Lex Luthor]

Originally Posted by Al Bundy

You mean the way teams cut players all the time with no warning?

They didn't cut Barry Sanders. They gave him a $35 million contract. I think he could have bothered to pick up a phone and tell them he wasn't going to play anymore instead of being a classless dick about it.