nuklz2594 Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 wasn't it from wall street..."greed is good." ? sammy needs to earn his money and close his cake hole. back in the day, nfl players had jobs in the off season. reason...because it is just a game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 (edited) wasn't it from wall street..."greed is good." ? sammy needs to earn his money and close his cake hole. back in the day, nfl players had jobs in the off season. reason...because it is just a game. News flash! This ain't back in the day with professional sports now multi-billion dollar enterprises. Also, why should he shut his cake hole while you don't have to? Edited July 4, 2017 by 26CornerBlitz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Jackson Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 wasn't it from wall street..."greed is good." ? sammy needs to earn his money and close his cake hole. back in the day, nfl players had jobs in the off season. reason...because it is just a game.They had jobs in the offseason because they didn't have $13.3B in revenues to distribute. The advertisers and networks have made everyone rich. They paid those prices because of our interest. Amazon makes a lot more money too as more people use it. It's the same concept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM2009 Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 They had jobs in the offseason because they didn't have $13.3B in revenues to distribute. The advertisers and networks have made everyone rich. They paid those prices because of our interest. Amazon makes a lot more money too as more people use it. It's the same concept. Exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hondo in seattle Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 (edited) Watkins is an NFL player and the CBA expires in 3 years. It has nothing to do with Watkins ability. It's about the players piece of the pie. Sammy Watkins is right. They should get more. NBA players receive 51% of revenue while NFL players receive 47%. In my company, employees get 27% of the revenues. Should we also get 51%? It would be nice if we did - until the company went bankrupt which would happen quickly. The NBA pay scale is irrelevant to the NFL pay scale. Two different industries. The word "should" implies some kind of fairness. Wages in free market economies aren't based on fairness, they're based on market forces. If they were based on fairness, as I've said before, public servants who do serious work to help their communities would get paid more than athletes and other entertainers. Edited July 4, 2017 by hondo in seattle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stinky finger Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 NBA players could never wrestle. Whilst NBA may have the best athletes. Wrestling in the toughest and hardest sport for men Wrestlers are "farm strong". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 (edited) I am a huge Sammy fan.........beyond the obvious of 4x as many mouths to feed in the NFL.......NBA players are the greatest athletes on the planet.......there are likely MANY of them who could be superstars in the NFL..........meanwhile, you can count the number of NFL players who could fill the last spot on the bench of a turkish pro basketball league team on one hand and still have enough fingers to bowl. Love the NFL.......but Sammy bitchin' bout NFL contracts is like a porn star bitchin' cuz they ain't getting paid like a super model. NFL is a dirty little job by comparison. If I was a young athlete with lots of potential I'd certainly choose the NBA first. Better pay and less violent. Plus easy access as a kid? Only downside is so many fewer roster spots so it's kind of all or none. That decisions easy for a 6'5 kid today. TE or PF? Always going to the court to practice. Edited July 4, 2017 by NoSaint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 (edited) I don't care how much Watkins,Di Caprio, or Led Zepplin make. The problem people have is with the words Sammy used. I would have a problem with Led Zeppelin if Robert Plant came out and said that he deserved to have as much money as Paul McCartney. Sammy is a guy who escaped a bad neighborhood as a youth. Show a little gratitude. The guy claims to be a Christian. Exactly. You get paid whatever ownership dictates. If you want more you must look elsewhere. If Sammy wants more he needs to play basketball. Someone needs to stick up for billionaires. Edited July 4, 2017 by PromoTheRobot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 If I was a young athlete with lots of potential I'd certainly choose the NBA first. Better pay and less violent. Plus easy access as a kid? Only downside is so many fewer roster spots so it's kind of all or none. That decisions easy for a 6'5 kid today. TE or PF? Always going to the court to practice. for some reason i thought of tyrod taylor. if taylor was 6'5" he would be one hell of a basketball player Wrestlers are "farm strong". whatever you want to call it, wrestlers are strong and it's all about willpower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Jackson Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 (edited) In my company, employees get 27% of the revenues. Should we also get 51%? It would be nice if we did - until the company went bankrupt which would happen quickly. The NBA pay scale is irrelevant to the NFL pay scale. Two different industries. The word "should" implies some kind of fairness. Wages in free market economies aren't based on fairness, they're based on market forces. If they were based on fairness, as I've said before, public servants who do serious work to help their communities would get paid more than athletes and other entertainers. Employees aren't the assets in most companies. The players aren't just the staff. It's a unique model. The assets are your liabilities. Edited July 4, 2017 by Kirby Jackson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 whatever you want to call it, wrestlers are strong and it's all about willpower steroids. There, that's better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 There, that's better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBillsMagic1 Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 (edited) You gotta play to get paid Watkins..... Edited July 4, 2017 by BuffaloBillsMagic1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 You gotta play to get paid Watkins..... He has played in 77% of the games the Bills have played since he joined the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figster Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 (edited) In my company, employees get 27% of the revenues. Should we also get 51%? It would be nice if we did - until the company went bankrupt which would happen quickly. The NBA pay scale is irrelevant to the NFL pay scale. Two different industries. The word "should" implies some kind of fairness. Wages in free market economies aren't based on fairness, they're based on market forces. If they were based on fairness, as I've said before, public servants who do serious work to help their communities would get paid more than athletes and other entertainers. Playing in the NFL is much more dangerous then people realize IMO. Clearly more dangerous then basketball. We are just now learning how much brain damage is occurring from players running full speed like guided missiles into each other and clashing helmets/ heads. The broken bones, knee injuries, neck and spinal injuries, I could go on and on. I also think much of the charity work by proffessional athletes gets overlooked, Many of the NFL's higher paid superstars along with their teamates give back to the communities in many ways. Visiting children in hospitals, coaching and working with kids in their spare time, inspiring kids to stay in school, get an education. In many ways Pro athletes are of service to the community in my humble opinion. Edited July 4, 2017 by Figster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 (edited) If you had to resign Sammy right now what would you pay him? For me he is not getting paid even close to the top 10 WR's in the NFL. .... a bit premature question IMO with the foot prognosis being the question.....so as they say in Mizzou, "show ME Sammy and we may be able to show YOU da money"....stay tuned.......besides, I don't think you can compare salaries across all pro sports.....how many NASCAR drivers earn between $15-$25 mil for turning left??................ Edited July 4, 2017 by OldTimeAFLGuy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 You gotta play to get paid Watkins..... When he's healthy he's elite. How about letting him play a few game this year before we cut him? I bet if you were the Falcons GM you would have sent Julio Jones packing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarleyNY Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 When he's healthy he's elite. How about letting him play a few game this year before we cut him? I bet if you were the Falcons GM you would have sent Julio Jones packing. What is your bar for either franchising SW or giving him an elite level WR deal? What has to happen in 2017 for you to support either of those? And is it the same threshold or are there different ones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DriveFor1Outta5 Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 Someone needs to stick up for billionaires. Ironic that you tell me I'm "sticking up for billionaires" while you defend a 24 year old multi millionaire who sounds ungrateful. I'll never forget Sammy posting his 9 K worth of chips at a North Carolina casino while he was injured. I wonder how much he lost before he won? If many of these pro athletes would learn better spending habits they wouldn't have to worry about going broke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianFan Posted July 4, 2017 Author Share Posted July 4, 2017 Playing in the NFL is much more dangerous then people realize IMO. Clearly more dangerous then basketball. We are just now learning how much brain damage is occurring from players running full speed like guided missiles into each other and clashing helmets/ heads. The broken bones, knee injuries, neck and spinal injuries, I could go on and on. I also think much of the charity work by proffessional athletes gets overlooked, Many of the NFL's higher paid superstars along with their teamates give back to the communities in many ways. Visiting children in hospitals, coaching and working with kids in their spare time, inspiring kids to stay in school, get an education. In many ways Pro athletes are puplic servants in my humble opinion.if LOL if they are public servants, let's pay them like public servants! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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