Chris Johnson can't play for $550K

[KCrockaholic]

Shoot. Give me $550,000 and I'll play anything, anytime, anywhere. Players need to start understanding it's a privilege to play in the NFL, and they wouldn't get payed squat if it wasn't for the fans that watch them perform.

It's far too much of a "me" league. His excuse that he won't honor his contract because NFL teams don't honor the players contracts is B.S. As a player, you are a product of the team, and all contracts are able to be broken at any time by the NFL team that you have a deal with. You as a player, has to understand you're not bigger than the team.

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by kcrockaholic4life

Shoot. Give me $550,000 and I'll play anything, anytime, anywhere.

Animal, mineral, or vegetable...

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by kcrockaholic4life

Shoot. Give me $550,000 and I'll play anything, anytime, anywhere. Players need to start understanding it's a privilege to play in the NFL, and they wouldn't get payed squat if it wasn't for the fans that watch them perform.

It's far too much of a "me" league. His excuse that he won't honor his contract because NFL teams don't honor the players contracts is B.S. As a player, you are a product of the team, and all contracts are able to be broken at any time by the NFL team that you have a deal with. You as a player, has to understand you're not bigger than the team.

When you can run a 4.2 40 yard dash, avoid NFL defenders and run for 2,000 yards on an 8-8 team, I'm sure that NFL teams would be lining up to sign you to a huge contract, probably worth around $40 million over four years.

Until then, everything you stated is completely irrelevant.

It's like saying "Give me $20 million dollars and I'll star in Iron Man II".

The fact of the matter is that no one, probably not even your parents, would pay a penny to see you perform at the local playhouse.

Perspective.

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by kcrockaholic4life

Shoot. Give me $550,000 and I'll play anything, anytime, anywhere. Players need to start understanding it's a privilege to play in the NFL, and they wouldn't get payed squat if it wasn't for the fans that watch them perform.

It's far too much of a "me" league. His excuse that he won't honor his contract because NFL teams don't honor the players contracts is B.S. As a player, you are a product of the team, and all contracts are able to be broken at any time by the NFL team that you have a deal with. You as a player, has to understand you're not bigger than the team.

Disagree.

MLB and NBA guarantee contracts. Therefore, you never, ever, ever see a holdout.

Because NFL teams wanted the luxury of being able to cut a player and not pay a player for the rest of his contract, they have to deal with the fact that players may hold out.

It's pretty simple. You want to avoid holdouts? Guarantee the entire contract. If you don't guarantee the contract, you don't have any ****ing right to bitch when a player doesn't "honor" it.