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Originally Posted by -King-
Dudes can barely walk after 50 and some even kill themselves because of how ****ed their heads are after football and they call someone greedy for trying to maximize their earning potential lol
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You make a good point but how much money does Bell need? It's not like the guy would barely be getting by with the contract the Steelers offered him. Would the extra millions he would make with this contract make that big of a difference in his life? More Lambos or another mansion? Allow him to retire earlier to avoid those big hits that put him at risk for what you mentioned?
NFL players are well compensated for the risks they knowingly take. The contract Bell would have signed would have given him more than enough money to afford basically anything he wants and set his family up for decades.
I will say it is perplexing that they make less than MLB and NBA players despite the sport being Americas most popular and way more physical sport but they are still paid very well.
IMO people are missing an important point with this situation. I believe this goes beyond the contract I think he hates being a Steeler. I don't think he likes playing there or with his teammates for whatever reason. That's why this is going the way it is. If it was just about money he'd been back by now. He made his point missing anymore time won't give him a better contract. At this point he is just giving the Steelers the middle finger out of hate.
Either way the situation was handled poorly by both sides. The Steelers offense is doing fine wout him but Steelers should have seen this coming and got rid of the guy before this happened instead of constantly using the franchise tag.
If a player isn't happy playing somewhere for whatever reason he should be allowed to leave when his contact is up. I'm not a fan of the franchise tag for this very reason. Gives teams more power over players and it doesn't work because eventually the player usually ends up leaving anyway or something like this happens.
Sorry for the longass post should have made it shorter but **** it. Did a lot of blow last night stuff makes me talk too much.