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When will fans say enough is enough?

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Baseball is far worse. With quarter billion dollar contracts becoming a reality, one has to ask one's self when it becomes not worth it. It's one of the most perfect scams going in my eyes. All fans want the best team and some bragging right about being "the best," but what truly does it bring the fan? Financially, it's possibly the worst thing for the average Joe fan. When a team wins it all, all the players then want to be paid like oil barons from a newfound land with unlimited resources. Winning can be a curse that way, and fans generally spend very little, if any time thinking about it.

 

I applaud the NFL for the new NFLPA agreement where they put the rookie contracts in check to a point. Still, the 2014 projected salary cap is estimated to be 126.3 Million dollars per team. That's $4,041,600,000 dollars. Spelled out, it's four billion, forty one million, six hundred thousand dollars. Every last one of those dollars come from you and me. Yes, us, the people with 5, 6, and if you're lucky, 7 figure salaries. Think that sucks, let's break it down even further:

 

Take the cap, and break it down with simple statistical numbers. If all 53 players made the exact same amount, it would be $2,383,018.87 for the season. If we decide to call preseason "real games" then, each player would make $119,150.94 per game. I know that the NFL is a year-round deal, and there is a lot of practice time and meetings, and travel. But if you break it down to what they make per hour on a statistical average, it makes doctors and lawyers red with envy.

 

All that said, will it change? Probably not. And why, because we, as fans want to beat our chests and say that our team is the best, oblivious to what it's doing to our pocketbooks. It is what it is.

 

It does bring back some memories from my Mod days here. I got absolutely HAMMERED from my superiors here for challenging Uche on this forum about this very topic. Good times. Smile


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When will fans say enough is enough? - by jtmoney - 01-30-2014, 11:55 AM
When will fans say enough is enough? - by EricC85 - 01-30-2014, 12:31 PM
When will fans say enough is enough? - by jtmoney - 01-30-2014, 01:01 PM
When will fans say enough is enough? - by EricC85 - 01-30-2014, 01:56 PM
When will fans say enough is enough? - by jtmoney - 01-30-2014, 04:13 PM
When will fans say enough is enough? - by jtmoney - 01-30-2014, 04:14 PM
When will fans say enough is enough? - by Kotite - 01-30-2014, 04:52 PM
When will fans say enough is enough? - by FBT - 01-30-2014, 05:05 PM
When will fans say enough is enough? - by EricC85 - 01-30-2014, 05:10 PM
When will fans say enough is enough? - by jtmoney - 01-30-2014, 05:50 PM
When will fans say enough is enough? - by trunt87 - 01-30-2014, 05:55 PM
When will fans say enough is enough? - by jtmoney - 01-30-2014, 05:55 PM
When will fans say enough is enough? - by jtmoney - 01-30-2014, 05:58 PM
When will fans say enough is enough? - by EricC85 - 01-30-2014, 06:00 PM
When will fans say enough is enough? - by EricC85 - 01-30-2014, 08:05 PM
When will fans say enough is enough? - by Kotite - 01-30-2014, 08:05 PM
When will fans say enough is enough? - by EricC85 - 01-30-2014, 08:07 PM
When will fans say enough is enough? - by EricC85 - 01-30-2014, 08:21 PM
When will fans say enough is enough? - by PF* - 01-30-2014, 08:29 PM
When will fans say enough is enough? - by jtmoney - 01-30-2014, 08:34 PM
When will fans say enough is enough? - by Dakota - 01-30-2014, 09:01 PM
When will fans say enough is enough? - by jtmoney - 01-30-2014, 09:46 PM
When will fans say enough is enough? - by D6 - 01-31-2014, 12:35 AM
When will fans say enough is enough? - by EricC85 - 01-31-2014, 02:50 AM
When will fans say enough is enough? - by EricC85 - 01-31-2014, 02:52 AM
When will fans say enough is enough? - by PF* - 01-31-2014, 05:37 AM
When will fans say enough is enough? - by jtmoney - 01-31-2014, 07:44 AM
When will fans say enough is enough? - by jtmoney - 01-31-2014, 07:49 AM
When will fans say enough is enough? - by jtmoney - 01-31-2014, 07:50 AM



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