Running Back $100 million NFL Contract - you gotta be kidding me

Quote from Max E. Pad:

I am not a big fan of them pussifying the game, but if you were to compare the guys who were good back then to the guys who are good today it wouldnt even be close.

The biggest guy back in the day "the fridge" was 330, thats an average O line man these days, and this is not even 20 years from when he ended his career. Plus there are offensive lineman who can run the fourty in less than 5 seconds, which is only like a half a second off the quickest players in the game.

The fact is that the money aspect in the game made it much more competitive. I highly doubt that alot of the old pros from the 60's and 70's would be able to dominate the game like they did back then. No one can do that anymore, because it has become so competitive. When no one was making money for playing back in the day it didnt attract nearly the level of talent that it does today, so you still had teams made up of alot of players who were not even close to being able to compete with the best in the game.

When you look at the best players in todays game vs. the worst, there is very little difference In terms of size strength speed, etc.
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We essentially don't agree, but I just feel the "worth" is severely overpriced. But I suppose "100 million" is "decent" in the type of financial situation, because if you gave the guy 1 million, even though he basically trains and plays football for a living, 1 million really wouldn't go very far these days. I guess that speaks to a bigger overall problem of the situation anyway.

And yes, a lot of these guys wouldn't be able to dominate, because the game of football has changed drastically. Aside from the skirt on the quarterbacks, receivers can't even hand-slap each other without pass interference, god forbid somebody horse-collar tackles somebody (because that's "unfair" somehow). These guys were clothes-lining each other back then. But on that aspect there probably is no argument between a lot of the fans of the game.

I just think 100 million is getting to the realm of "fucking excessive", lol.
 
Trust me, im not a big fan of these 100 million dollar contracts. I also think it is excessive. All i was pointing out was the fact that it has drawn a much better pool of talent to the game compared to the old days.

As for them pussifying the game, i agree that the league keeps making more and more rules which make it more of a pussy sport. However what i was getting at was that back in 1960 they didnt have a 350 pound offensive lineman who could run the 40 in less than 5 seconds, running into someone like that at full speed is pretty much like getting into a car crash.

These guys keep getting bigger, stronger, and faster. The average NFL career is less than 4 years now, so all the league is trying to do is protect them a little bit, and i can understand the motive, even though, as a fan i dont like it.


Quote from RickTheMan:

We essentially don't agree, but I just feel the "worth" is severely overpriced. But I suppose "100 million" is "decent" in the type of financial situation, because if you gave the guy 1 million, even though he basically trains and plays football for a living, 1 million really wouldn't go very far these days. I guess that speaks to a bigger overall problem of the situation anyway.

And yes, a lot of these guys wouldn't be able to dominate, because the game of football has changed drastically. Aside from the skirt on the quarterbacks, receivers can't even hand-slap each other without pass interference, god forbid somebody horse-collar tackles somebody (because that's "unfair" somehow). These guys were clothes-lining each other back then. But on that aspect there probably is no argument between a lot of the fans of the game.

I just think 100 million is getting to the realm of "fucking excessive", lol.
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Quote from Max E. Pad:

Trust me, im not a big fan of these 100 million dollar contracts. I also think it is excessive. All i was pointing out was the fact that it has drawn a much better pool of talent to the game compared to the old days.

As for them pussifying the game, i agree that the league keeps making more and more rules which make it more of a pussy sport. However what i was getting at was that back in 1960 they didnt have a 350 pound offensive lineman who could run the 40 in less than 5 seconds, running into someone like that at full speed is pretty much like getting into a car crash.

These guys keep getting bigger, stronger, and faster. The average NFL career is less than 4 years now, so all the league is trying to do is protect them a little bit, and i can understand the motive, even though, as a fan i dont like it.
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Well, shit, solidly put together right there. You have a good point about the monster trucks running into each other on the field in the modern game.

I also made a typo in my previous response to you, I meant to say "we essentially agree". Sorry, my dumbass and my inability to type correctly.
 
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