Falcons sign Ryan to $72M contract

[Amnorix]

Originally Posted by Hootie

I don't disagree...I'm just saying the NFL is in a tough predicament with these contracts...not only for rookies, but for veterans...or for guys like Ryan Grant, who makes NOTHING, has the running style that will see him out of the league in two-three seasons...he'll be the featured back for a playoff/super bowl caliber team...and make less than a million dollars (that's just me guessing because he runs so hard he will be out of the league in no time)...

In a perfect world, they would pay based off of performance in all pro sports...but then it would turn into a TO circus of everyone becoming me, me, me, me...

Either way, the NFL is HUGE...and the players get treated far worse (money wise) than any other major American sport.

And in all reality, football does the most long term damage to these players as well...

The NFL does have an NFL-wide perofrmance based bonus, but it's relatively small dollars, and only applicable to younger players -- like first 3 years.

And yes, football does do more bodily damage than any toher sport. That's obvious.