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<blockquote data-quote="sschind" data-source="post: 957321" data-attributes="member: 10247"><p>For me it is not about the players making an absurd amount of money or wanting to be the highest paid. I think its ridiculous but like you said when they are compared to their peers should we really expect them to take less than someone else. What gets me is that in the NFL there is only so much money to go around and it has to be shared by 60-70 people, maybe more. If the guys at the top demand a bigger slice that leaves less for the rest of the guys and if you think having more money to spend on other players means you will have better players thus a better team it gets kind of touchy. </p><p></p><p>I don't so much mind a player going for all he can get but when his demands make it harder for the team to put or keep better players around him I can't help but lose a bit of respect for him. Especially if he makes any sort of comment about winning being important. IMO you can't realistically expect to be a part of a consistent winning team if your demands are making it that much harder to build a winning team. </p><p></p><p>My favorite players, besides the best ones<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-shortname=";)" /> are the ones that played their whole careers, or most of it for one team. Especially those who suffered through one horrendous team after another without making extreme contract demands. Now in many of these instances these players were very well compensated for their loyalty. I'm not saying they necessarily took less but you never heard about them in the midst of a contract struggle. Their teams took care of them but they never wanted more. Guys like Larry Fitzgerald, Calvin Johnson, AJ Green, Matt Stafford, Tim Brown and a bunch of others. I know that some of these guys were probably the highest paid at their positions at one point (Johnson and Stafford I think for sure) but I don't recall them making that demand. It was time for them to get paid and the team came through. Heck, I even have a bunch of respect for Tom Brady in that respect. I am in no way suggesting he hasn't made a ton of money nor am I suggesting he took less but he was willing to work with his team to at least give them a chance to keep a winning team around him. Its so much better IMO than a player, even if he is the best at his position, saying I demand to make more than anyone else because I am the best.</p><p></p><p>So go ahead. Demand all the money you can get, you have earned earned that right and I won't even say you are wrong for doing so but if you want me to take your side that's not the way to get it done. I know you don't care if I take your side or not since I am one person that you will never even know exists but I am part of the public opinion and part of your fan base. If you want the support of the public and the fans you may just want to think twice about it. Not that I expect you to because like most of society "I got mine" seems to be the prevalent ideology.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sschind, post: 957321, member: 10247"] For me it is not about the players making an absurd amount of money or wanting to be the highest paid. I think its ridiculous but like you said when they are compared to their peers should we really expect them to take less than someone else. What gets me is that in the NFL there is only so much money to go around and it has to be shared by 60-70 people, maybe more. If the guys at the top demand a bigger slice that leaves less for the rest of the guys and if you think having more money to spend on other players means you will have better players thus a better team it gets kind of touchy. I don't so much mind a player going for all he can get but when his demands make it harder for the team to put or keep better players around him I can't help but lose a bit of respect for him. Especially if he makes any sort of comment about winning being important. IMO you can't realistically expect to be a part of a consistent winning team if your demands are making it that much harder to build a winning team. My favorite players, besides the best ones;) are the ones that played their whole careers, or most of it for one team. Especially those who suffered through one horrendous team after another without making extreme contract demands. Now in many of these instances these players were very well compensated for their loyalty. I'm not saying they necessarily took less but you never heard about them in the midst of a contract struggle. Their teams took care of them but they never wanted more. Guys like Larry Fitzgerald, Calvin Johnson, AJ Green, Matt Stafford, Tim Brown and a bunch of others. I know that some of these guys were probably the highest paid at their positions at one point (Johnson and Stafford I think for sure) but I don't recall them making that demand. It was time for them to get paid and the team came through. Heck, I even have a bunch of respect for Tom Brady in that respect. I am in no way suggesting he hasn't made a ton of money nor am I suggesting he took less but he was willing to work with his team to at least give them a chance to keep a winning team around him. Its so much better IMO than a player, even if he is the best at his position, saying I demand to make more than anyone else because I am the best. So go ahead. Demand all the money you can get, you have earned earned that right and I won't even say you are wrong for doing so but if you want me to take your side that's not the way to get it done. I know you don't care if I take your side or not since I am one person that you will never even know exists but I am part of the public opinion and part of your fan base. If you want the support of the public and the fans you may just want to think twice about it. Not that I expect you to because like most of society "I got mine" seems to be the prevalent ideology. [/QUOTE]
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