after taxes, fees, and stuff that is 250k, and that is only for a few years. That is good money, but not that great. I can totally see why so many NFL players go broke. Plus the NFL doesn't really help you build any useful skills either.
This HBO GO nonsense is pretty upsetting. Correct me if I'm wrong, but we basically have a 24 hour window to watch the episode (the day after it airs)? I'm sorry, but my schedule doesn't work like that
There was a scene in this very first episode when a recent 6th round pick gets a season ending injury and Bill O'Brien and Rick Smith have a conversation where they decide to make sure to keep him for next year because he was working hard and deserved it.
Well, you get a pension from the NFL. And everyone pays taxes. Someone that makes 50k per year for 30 years...only takes home about 750k in their lifetime. That's equal to 3 seasons of NFL play at 500k after taxes. And sure, maybe it's not great money, but people arent going into the NFL because they think theyre going to make a 100 million dollars.
This was the first time the JJ Watt act started to grate on me a bit. If he stays late every night after practice... while a tad trite (and probably unnecessary) - cool. But if he did it for the cameras... The whole thing felt manufactured and hollow. It has absolutely no bearing on my feelings for him as a football player; I don't really care what these guys are like off the field. But that sheen of fake doesn't always sit well with me. It's very Peyton Manning-esque, and I really dislike Peyton Manning.
Looks like the other Texans noticed the gratuitous JJ Watt footage as well http://www.houstontexans.com/news/a...en-Jones/7b9f4595-b851-471b-b8ee-8f5b24b16e41
I thought I was the only one that found that Watt night "workout" tacky. I hope the players give him **** for it for the LOLZ
LOL you can't win these days. We really are a nation of non-believers. Everybody is so damn cynical. We have a guy that does everything the right way, works his ass off. But if everything is too positive, it must be fake and for the cameras. Listen to that Ben Jones interview a few post up, he even mentions they don't even notice the cameras until they see it on TV. I've even read people complaining about the rah-rah stuff. Really? Its football man.
It's a weird situation. It's probably something he does all of the time regardless of the cameras being there. He could go in early but he wasn't finished with his workout. Easy to hate on him for it but... pretty sure he's doing what he does. He didn't put the cameras there.
If a player gets hurt they are actually guaranteed to get paid (or an injury settlement), so that is completely false. You can look at the guys that get cut and think it is ruthless of the coach to preach to them only to release them later, but that's the nature of the league ... and the coach's job is on the line just as much as anyone. If you don't win and progress within 3 years, your head is on the chopping block (in most cases, Mcnair is more patient than most). As far as players going into the NFL, a lot of these fringe guys are supreme athletes but aren't skilled enough for other sports. Football is the one sport where in some cases, athleticism can get you at least a minimum paycheck. And that 250k is worth the risk for a lot of these guys, hoping for a bigger payday later - remember that a lot of these guys have never really worked a job in their life, they've played football all the way through HS and college and were on scholarships so expenses were an afterthought. Most of these guys aren't coming out with advanced degrees - if you had to choose between an entry level $30k/yr job or a shot at $250k after tax, what are you going to choose?
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Agree 100% Whats is funny is he is damned either way you look at it. Dude has no criminal past and has shown to be an overall great human being and instead of us appreciating that, were now trying to find something bad about him that we have resorted to calling him insincere and a camera w**** .
http://www.latimes.com/sports/nfl/la-sp-0928-ask-farmer-20140928-story.html (They still get paid during injury, though of course it hurts their long-term ability to get paid since you can't really prove yourself while injured.
I just meant NFL teams are pretty cut throat. If a player has nagging injuries or anything like that they won't hesitate to cut them.
The media love to build someone up and then destroy them. They get viewers both ways. Didn't listen to le b*stard but the synopsis said he something about Derek Jeter being humble? Sounds more like le basterd is just trying to pander to listeners.
