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Originally Posted by Detoxing
I heard it about 30 minutes ago on my lunch break.
His entire point has nothing to do with the Chiefs in particular. He's arguing that players should seek every dollar they can because they have a very, very limited opportunity to do so and owners can pull the plug on them whenever they want. Players have a chance to make millions while owners are reaping in billions.
He's not wrong in that assessment.
Where both he and Chris missed (surprisingly) is that the money not paid to Mahomes isn't just put into the owner pockets, it's distributed to players such as Kelce and Jones etc. I waited for Chris to hit Florio with that rebuttal but it never came.
And Florio is also not wrong in saying that it's not Mahomes' job to manage and draft. Veach and Reid etc are paid millions every year.
Mahomes is chasing legacy. He's in a unique situation. So he takes a pay cut. He's going for greatest of all time, not just get paid and retire. But for every other damn player, they'd be a fool to not chase the bag.
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I agree with the management vs labor argument.
What I take issue with is the idea that Mahomes should be criticized for not taking more money. It’s none of Florio’s damn business what Mahomes wants to do with his money or how much he wants to make.
If other QBs are getting screwed because Mahomes is leaving money on the table then maybe they should get better so they have the kind of leverage Pat currently has when it comes to dictating the market.
But Pat’s contract and his bag and how he chooses to allocate his money around the roster is no one’s business but his own.