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Originally Posted by Hogskin
WHOA, Defensewins. That was a lot of powerful assertions to make about the MOTIVES of others. Whatever the motives are, how can anyone complain about what it does to/for many, many people. This system gives thousands of guys who can not afford it a FREE college education, and a great shot at a financially successful life outside of PRO sports. The NFL/NCAA system is even providing much of the funding that ultimately supports scholarships in OTHER sports. Then, for the hundreds of guys who become multimillionaires in the NFL, I hope no one is griping for THEM. I sure don't want to hear another "slavery" comment relating to a multi-millionaire athelete. What utter nonsense. These guys have opportunity handed to them on a silver platter, and all they have to do is play sports to earn it. Guys like Clarett, through repeated dishonesty and rules violations, damage their chances. But the STILL can get the opportunity. Amazing. How can anyone say this is unfair? It is a shame what happened with Williams, but he was impatient and took a huge gamble. The NFL stated from the outset that they were going to fight it legally. Williams got bad legal advice. Many others stuck it out and were patient. Hopefully, Williams will not be hurt by this in the long run. Clarett? I really don't care - this guy will always be trouble.
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When I have I said Slavery? What are you talking about?
You are right the NFL has a huge altruistic past. They are not in it for the money, they want to make everyone else better person. :confused:
Wow, we can really agree to disagree.
The NFL has a huge history of treating its past players poorly. It was not until the late 70's that the multi-billion dollar NFL started to take care of past great players. Players did not start to make big money until free agency started in the 80's. Owners and the league were pocketing millions while paying their players small amonts, in comparision to the profits that the league and its players were bringing in. It took several player strikes to get the the greedy owners to share in the profits. Are you actually lecturing me that NFL, its owners and the NCAA are altruistic.
The NFl and the NCAA are not providing the funding for all of this, the NFL and NCAA fans and supporters are.