(09-19-2019, 08:02 AM)StroudCrowd1 Wrote: Times have changed.

And that's the point of this whole exercise, really. Ramsey's unhappiness comes from the team's unwillingness to give him a new contract first, dissatisfaction with the coaching staff and how he's being used second. In the 70's and 80's, when everyone was making hundreds of thousands and the salary field was flatter, it wasn't as hard for a player to stay with one team. Hell, up until the dawn of unrestricted free agency, a team could effectively hold a player hostage through his entire career. Now you've got players making hundreds of millions via free agency. I think it's kind of sickening how much it pays. I just don't see why someone who can complete 6 semesters of "independent study" while chasing a ball around should be making exponentially more than someone defending the country, teaching the next generation, running into burning buildings, all that. I get that 90% of these guys have no career prospects after the NFL, but how exactly does a failure to prepare for life equate seven-figure salaries? A good backup QB can make close to $10M/year right now to sit on a bench. It's nauseating. Times have changed, yes, and when we're talking about someone being "underpaid" at $15M+ per year...what the [BLEEP]?

(09-19-2019, 10:50 AM)Brett Wrote: https://twitter.com/RossTuckerNFL/status...5161793536

Pretty much.

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