joey_hesketh wrote:
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With PRO sports taking such a centre stage in our society. Lots of kids are sacrificing their entire lives to make the league. This means they are not spending as much time reading books, or developing other life skills. You can very easily dedicate your life and have a career ending injury just before you get your pay day. We want to see the best, but we do not want to worry about the consequences.
Paying for on field production seems like a slum lord practice to me, especially when you realize that these players work a lot more than the 60 minutes you see them on TV for. In fact, some may be dedicating their entire lives just to play some backup minutes. You may think those backup minutes may not be worth money... but to the player its his entire body of work and his life.
(I also think that boxing and UFC are horrible models, and there is no reason why a HUGE league like the NFL should resort to "pay day" practices, its kind of a shame.)
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