Joe D & Gene Upshaw

[Redskin Rich]

Originally Posted by dmek25

why don't these guys have a sit down and make it work? in sticking up for Upshaw, he is under no obligation to do anything

You are correct, Upshaw's represents the current players... but.... the current players will at some point be in the same boat as these older guys.... and these older guys took it on the chin so the younger one's could make the cash.

While it is actually the NFL owners who need to step up with the bucks, they won't do it until the NFLPA uses it's weight to lean on the owners.

As I said, the young guys have to learn that at some point, they will be old.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by Redskin Rich

You are correct, Upshaw's represents the current players... but.... the current players will at some point be in the same boat as these older guys.... and these older guys took it on the chin so the younger one's could make the cash.

While it is actually the NFL owners who need to step up with the bucks, they won't do it until the NFLPA uses it's weight to lean on the owners.

As I said, the young guys have to learn that at some point, they will be old.

Apparently though, today's players do more for yesterday's players than those players did for their own predecessors back in the day. It's like the pot calling the kettle black. Or so I've heard

[Skinsfan1967]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Apparently though, today's players do more for yesterday's players than those players did for their own predecessors back in the day. It's like the pot calling the kettle black. Or so I've heard

The income potential for today's players is in the millions per year, the guys from the seventies made about half the current league minimum. The league is bigger and more profitable now, players and owners,imo, owe the former players at least a small amount of effort.

[Redskin Rich]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Apparently though, today's players do more for yesterday's players than those players did for their own predecessors back in the day. It's like the pot calling the kettle black. Or so I've heard

The old players had no clout to take care of anything. If you read the article about how little these hall of famers made. Yes, it was a decent paycheck, but they were not considered as much of an asset as they are now (because the owner's were not worth as much then).

The current players have the obligation to use their status to help put pressure on those who own the pyramids to help take care of the laborers who built them with their own sweat.