Are Fans and NFL teams too demanding of players?

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Originally Posted by BigSKINBauer

Teams invest in players and should have the right to tell them what to do. No one forces anyone to be a football player, its their choice. These types of things should go with the territory and if someone doesn't like it they shouldn't be football players. They are on call 7 months a year and get paid more in 7 years than the next three generations of our families hope to make. Anyone that invests in something has to protect their investment. If someone wants to play football they should give up reckless behavior for the 10 years they would be lucky to play at most.

I agree with BSB, the teams should have the right to protect their investment. As fans we don't have the right to say what players should and shouldn't do any more than we have a right to say what our bankers, firefighters, teachers or favorite actor does. Yes we "pay their salaries" technically but in their free time if they wish to jeopardize that then that's their problem.

I'm glad that Ben is going to be ok, but I don't feel sorry for him. He made the decision to ride a motorcycle without a helmet knowing the risks and got burnt.