(09-19-2019, 08:02 AM)StroudCrowd1 Wrote:

(09-18-2019, 02:40 PM)Cleatwood Wrote: Players should be loyal to a franchise?! Why on earth should a player be loyal to the franchise when they could be cut at the drop of a dime or they get booed off the field?

Andrew Luck retired because he was emotionally and physically beaten by this game and he was downright booed off the field. 

I 100% agree with the bolded part. I haven't bought a jersey since MJD because players change teams all the time. Despite how passionately I want Ramsey to stay, I won't lose any sleep if he is traded. It's professional sports. Joe Montana played for the Chiefs. Favre for the Vikings. Gretzky on numerous teams and Jordan with the Wizards. Players change team and you can't get too invested on a specific player.

And if anyone wants to jump into hockey, come be a Washington Capitals fan!

I am just saying as a kid in the early years, star players seemed to grow old with their franchise and there was more of a sense of loyalty back then.  I grew up a Spurs fan and was able to watch world class superstars in David Robinson and Tim Duncan start and finish their careers with the same franchise. Same with the early days on the Jaguars. 

I know its an unreasonable expectation to expect loyalty from either side, but I guess my main point was the bolded part.

Times have changed.

Duncan and Robinson are anomalies. They are also a part of one of the best run franchises in all of sports. The vast majority of players play on multiple teams. Early days Jags? Brunell to the skins. Taylor to the Pats. Keenan to the Bucs. Boselli to the Texans. Players change teams man. Lets not act like this is a new phenomenon.

It’s been happening in Sports forever. This isn’t something new. Elway refused to play for the Colts.

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