I need to vent a little bit about the NFL today. I am so sick and tired of hearing of rookies holding out for more money. Who do they think they are?! Seriously? You may have been a great college player, and you may end up being a great professional player, but I think you have to earn it. I am sick of these kids getting drafted by a team and then holding out. The team should say this is what we are offering you, take it or leave it. There are millions of kids (and grown men, including myself) who would absolutely love and give anything to play professional sports. They are grown men getting paid millions of dollars to play a child's game. I personally would not mind playing for the minimum salary and even not as a starter. I just want to be a part of a PROFESSIONAL team that everyone knows and loves (or hates).
Michael Crabtree is just the latest example of an athlete full of themselves and think they deserve more. In my opinion he should get league minimum for the first year and if you prove yourself we will talk. And that is not just Crabtree. I think that should be the case for ALL rookies in ALL sports. You may be the best in college but now you are playing with the best in the world. Prove yourself and you get the big time check. Watching Crabtree's holdout is making me sick. The NFL, and the 49ers, are bigger than you! They can operate and move on without you! So stop acting like you are God's gift to the sport and take what is given to you. You are a very lucky individual and have an opportunity of a lifetime that ANYONE would love to have.
That is my rant for today. Keep checking for more stories and PLEASE give me some feedback. Thanks!
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I think Crabtree's issue is that he's trying to go beyond the pay scale. The NFL rookie scale runs in order (highest to lowest) so the lower you are drafted, the less paid. I'd say take what they're offering you, do your job on the field and hope for that contract extension. That's where your real money is made, not the original contract.
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That's what I'm saying J. Snoop. I think you should just accept what is offered to you when you get drafted and if you want to earn more then bust your butt on the field and prove it.
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