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As far as I'm concerned, nearly ALL of them are overpaid... its too much about business now as opposed to the sport itself... what did John Unitas make? Not all that much but he's a hero and a legend. It cracks me up when rookies right out of college "hold out" on a 3 million a year contract offer...
As far as I'm concerned, nearly ALL of them are overpaid... its too much about business now as opposed to the sport itself... what did John Unitas make? Not all that much but he's a hero and a legend. It cracks me up when rookies right out of college "hold out" on a 3 million a year contract offer...
Unitas didn't make much compared to today's standards, but I'm sure he was well-paid in his day. Wasn't it DiMaggio who was the first $100,000 a year athlete, and that was a huge deal at the time? Anyway, it's always been about the "business", even back in those times. If teams didn't pay attention to the bottom line back then, we wouldn't have these teams and leagues today.
Unitas didn't make much compared to today's standards, but I'm sure he was well-paid in his day. Wasn't it DiMaggio who was the first $100,000 a year athlete, and that was a huge deal at the time? Anyway, it's always been about the "business", even back in those times. If teams didn't pay attention to the bottom line back then, we wouldn't have these teams and leagues today.
Unitas made what, 38K... I might be wrong on this but I think I'm in the neighborhood... what you didn't address is all these rookie players who think they are suddenly worth millions of dollars... I wish there was a three year wait clause in effect for the proven as charged... sometimes/a lot of the time, rookies are making more than a proven player... a 1 million a year three year contract for rookies until they have proven that they are worthy of more seems more right... I, and all of my buddies concur on this one... money doesn't always produce the best players or the ones who have their heart into the game, no matter what sport.
Athletes are paid a lot because their aren't that many of them and they generate big dollars. Just wasn't the same in Unitas's day.
This is the absolute truth. In businesses, what matters is dollars and cents. My brother, an associate professor at Princeton, and I debate this topic non-stop. Obviously, he is on the side who feels that teachers are more important to society than sports figures. However, in a business, salaries are based on revenue generation.
If he gets what he's asking for (which I doubt he will) JaMarcus Russell. He's asking for $60 million!
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