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Adrien Peterson.

gregbroncs said:
What a freaking joke. Anybody still on the side of the player's in this situation? What a moran.
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I think that, and then there's some link about something stupid the owners did and it's back to square one.

I guess I'm just glad football isn't my favorite sport.
 
I think I remember reading in history books that just before the Emancipation Proclamation some of the slaves had just signed contracts to earn $143,000 (which equals $10,720,000 in today's money, which also happens to be just what Peterson is set to make next year).
 
So one NFL Player under contract out of over a thousand makes a stupid analogy and now I'm supposed to be for the owners?

Maybe the owner of The Vikings should take a stand and terminate Peterson's contract.

I'm sure the other 31 owners in the league wouldn't touch him with a 10 foot pole - right?
 
What a really stupid thing to day. The dude plays a GAME for a living. Not only that, he gets paid MILLIONS to play said game and he can walk away ANY TIME he chooses. Yup, sounds like modern day slavery to me.
 
Peterson plays a game for a living. By playing this game for half the year, a few hours per day, he earns enough money to last him the rest of his life, living a wealthy lifestyle. And he earns this every single year. He could quit right now if he wanted and still live a wealthy lifestyle for the rest of his life, without ever "working" (playing a game for a few hours, 6 months of the year) another day in his life.

What a moron. Who was he directing that comment at that he thought would relate or agree.

If he is a slave, what am I? What are you? What are over 90% of the NFL fans?
 
I don't really give a damn about the negotiations since it's none of my business, but I'll probably have a bit more sympathy for the players when they decide a little more equitable distribution is in order. Some make $100 million while others blow their bodies out in 6 months or less and are handed a bus ticket to nowhere. If anything, Peterson's contract is enslaving the bottom feeders.

The union needs to look in the mirror before taking on the owners, but that's just my opinion.

Both need to hear out Mike Ditka and Jerry Kramer.
 
franklin said:
I don't really give a damn about the negotiations since it's none of my business, but I'll probably have a bit more sympathy for the players when they decide a little more equitable distribution is in order. Some make $100 million while others blow their bodies out in 6 months or less and are handed a bus ticket to nowhere. If anything, Peterson's contract is enslaving the bottom feeders.

The union needs to look in the mirror before taking on the owners, but that's just my opinion.

Both need to hear out Mike Ditka and Jerry Kramer.
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IMO this is the single biggest problem in football. The discrepancy between the top earners and bottom earners is nothing short of criminal. In this case the union really works for just the highest-paid players. That needs to change.
 
Players, owners, NBA, NFL... seems to me if everyone would try to figure out what's best for the game - the bread and butter - instead of making sure they get theirs, they would all be better off. I understand that everyone wants the best deal they can get for themselves, but all these labor disputes reek of shortsightedness.

Players and owners who think they are bigger than the game are the ones that will eventually ruin it completely.

Or do I blame the fans, who are still willing to turn their hard earned money over to a bunch of guys that don't appreciate that without them, they'd be flipping burgers?
 
I love the Vikings, but really All-Day? I don't understand why players can't keep their mouths shut. If they did they would have the sympathy vote. As it is now the Players say something stupid then the owners do something stupid...and really the only loser in this is the fans.
 
LogGrad98 said:
IMO this is the single biggest problem in football. The discrepancy between the top earners and bottom earners is nothing short of criminal. In this case the union really works for just the highest-paid players. That needs to change.
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Well, that is absurd logic. Why should a star player give up salary so some replaceable stiff in the secondary gets paid more? You wouldn't give up any of your salary to anybody you thought was less valuable than you that was easily replaceable.
 
The Pearl said:
Well, that is absurd logic. Why should a star player give up salary so some replaceable stiff in the secondary gets paid more? You wouldn't give up any of your salary to anybody you thought was less valuable than you that was easily replaceable.
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Uh oh. I'm starting to see a political debate emerge.
 
franklin said:
I don't really give a damn about the negotiations since it's none of my business, but I'll probably have a bit more sympathy for the players when they decide a little more equitable distribution is in order. Some make $100 million while others blow their bodies out in 6 months or less and are handed a bus ticket to nowhere. If anything, Peterson's contract is enslaving the bottom feeders.

The union needs to look in the mirror before taking on the owners, but that's just my opinion.

Both need to hear out Mike Ditka and Jerry Kramer.
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No enslaved bottom feeders willingly walk away or decide to pursue other careers. Most sports, entertainment, talent related professions have skewed income distributions. The world's best specialty surgeons make significant more money than a general surgeon at your local chop shop.
 
Sirkickyass said:
Uh oh. I'm starting to see a political debate emerge.
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The irony is that the fans love the NFL best because the league is a Darwinian meat grinder on players. I don't feel sorry for the players but in the big picture, they get screwed big time.
 
The Pearl said:
No enslaved bottom feeders willingly walk away or decide to pursue other careers. Most sports, entertainment, talent related professions have skewed income distributions. The world's best specialty surgeons make significant more money than a general surgeon at your local chop shop.
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Remember who you're talking to next time.
 
The Pearl said:
Well, that is absurd logic. Why should a star player give up salary so some replaceable stiff in the secondary gets paid more? You wouldn't give up any of your salary to anybody you thought was less valuable than you that was easily replaceable.
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Irony is completely lost on you, isn't it?
 
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