Around The NFL - 2014

[Munson]

On top of that, just did a little googling around...$6000 is apparently the bare minimum they have to be paid. A lot of teams can (and apparently do) choose to pay them more to attract more talented players to stick around.

[smeags]

where do i sign up to make $6k a week to get beat up on a football field for a season until i get cut and then just go back to my everyday job and sit on my ass ?

[rjs246]

where do i sign up to make $6k a week to get beat up on a football field for a season until i get cut and then just go back to my everyday job and sit on my ass ?

That's the whole point. They didn't get to be $6000/week players by sitting on their ass or even by learning the skills necessary to sit on their ass and do what we do. To project yourself and your situation onto these guys' lives is stupid.

[Munson]

Well, I didn't do that. Hope that wasn't part of the confusion.

If I were the NFLPA, if that were something the teams pushed for, I'd push for career training paid for by the NFL for all practice squad players.

[smeags]

where do i sign up to make $6k a week to get beat up on a football field for a season until i get cut and then just go back to my everyday job and sit on my ass ?

That's the whole point. They didn't get to be $6000/week players by sitting on their ass or even by learning the skills necessary to sit on their ass and do what we do. To project yourself and your situation onto these guys' lives is stupid.

you take yourself a lil too seriously nerd.

[SunMo]

where do i sign up to make $6k a week to get beat up on a football field for a season until i get cut and then just go back to my everyday job and sit on my ass ?

That's the whole point. They didn't get to be $6000/week players by sitting on their ass or even by learning the skills necessary to sit on their ass and do what we do. To project yourself and your situation onto these guys' lives is stupid.

the best one is during a hold out, "IF I REFUSED TO COME INTO WORK BECAUSE I DIDN'T LIKE MY PAY I'D GET FIRED!!#!#!!!#1!!"

[rjs246]

I hear a lot of jackass football fans say shtein like that all the time. It's ignorant and willfully ignores the harsh reality of what the players face once their time as a highschool/college superstar is up.

[rjs246]

As a side not, I used to say shtein like that all of the time. Even though I went to a football factory school and knew players and knew that none of them were adequately prepared for a non-football life. In short, I said it even though I should have known better. I was envious of the tiny chance at fame and fortune that they had. But it's all bullshtein. Schools get, what, 90 scholarships a piece? And every one of those 90 kids is going to college to make money for the university as a football player. They aren't treated like students because at the bottom line they aren't students. They're financial assets that lose all value once they leave. And how many of them will ever make a dime for themselves as a professional? Not many.

[SunMo]

and also totally ignores the fact that athletes...even the zesty ones, can do things that like 1% of the population can do.  when you have skills that give you that much exclusivity you get to be paid more than other people

[SD]

Still can't understand why the NFL doesn't have a minor league football league. Each team could assign prospects and call them up in case of injury. I know they don't like competition but it would be their own product and it would give fans more football and generate more money for the league and for the owners. Seems like a win/win all around. Nobody is skipping college to play in that league.

[hbionic]

SD for Commish?

[smeags]

his 1st act as commish would be to tear down lurie's enviromentally sound wind mills and solar panels.

[ice grillin you]

Still can't understand why the NFL doesn't have a minor league football league. Each team could assign prospects and call them up in case of injury. I know they don't like competition but it would be their own product and it would give fans more football and generate more money for the league and for the owners. Seems like a win/win all around. Nobody is skipping college to play in that league.

the practice squad is already their "minor leagues"....there just isnt enough professional football talent after 61 roster slots on 32 teams to support a minor league...i mean think about it while the league was going from 26 to 32 teams the draft was going from 17 to 7 rounds and still 7th rounders are super long shots

[SD]

Trust me, there are plenty of want to be college players who weren't drafted, players who were cut etc. who would fill out a roster. NFL teams bring in 90 players to camp and 1/3 of those are cut. That's an offense a defense and special teams right there.

[ice grillin you]

they carry 90 so they can run their training camps without taxing the people that have a chance to make the team

and im not saying there arent guys out there that still want to play football and could fill a minor league....thats what semi pro football is...but theres absolutely no need or desire from really anyone to have an nfl minor league....i mean why would the nfl pay for a minor league and all its ancillary costs when less than 1% of the participants would ever sniff the nfl....it would be a huge money loss with absolutely zero payback for them