(05-20-2024, 05:14 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(05-20-2024, 04:49 PM)NYC4jags Wrote: Nah 

"Good enough" RBs are in surplus. Ain't no way they all screw themselves out of opportunity that way. Too many others ready to step up and cross the picket line. And the vast majority know they won't get a second contract and don't care. 

They'd be happy to get a cheap rookie deal and pray they get that little 2 year vet minimum extension should they prove worthy. 

Look at it like a possible 3 million on the rookie deal and maybe 4-8 mil more if extended VS. zero NFL money and scrambling around the B-leagues for peanuts. 

3 million with a chance to turn it into 7 mil or more is gonna be too attractive to unionize over for a bunch of 21 year old athletes.

Yep.  That's where storytime begins.  Ever hear the one about Jack Del Rio and some of his teammates armed with crowbars and baseball bats sitting on a tailgate by the stadium?

No. No clue what that is about. 

But JDR and that ilk are ancient and extinct dinosaurs in the landscape of the modern athlete. 

There may come a day when the RB financial "inequity" (if you want to go that far) changes, but I'd wager it will be well down the road and not a result of some mass holdout. 

More likely just a result of young athletes shying away from the position more and more over time unless they know the NFL is not in their future. Less surplus may notch up demand, but even that is unlikely as the league continues to embolden the passing game with rules changes and safety measures. Making the run game and those ball carriers even more devalued.

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