BREAKING: Tee Higgins Requests Trade

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(03-13-2024, 08:14 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Yeah, I've given some though to that whole "generational wealth" thing that they only have a "short time" to earn.  I think that's bullshit.  Even the NFL minimum (around $900,000) is about 15X the average ($60,000) salary for a typical American worker.  If a rookie makes it to the NFL and lasts at least 2 seasons, they will have earned as much as the typical American worker over a 30 year career.

You talk about all the billions that the NFL generates, big deal.  Most companies and corporations that most Americans work hard for, for peanuts in comparison, also make absurd amounts of money.  Just like VPs and CEOs make 20-30X what a line worker makes, the NFL provides that for even the average of their employees.  If an athlete completes a rookie contract and isn't set for life?  That sounds like his own problem, and not the league's.  Just like the Superstar who might have a career ending injury, if he made XX million on the year before, he is also set for life.  They all know going in that the NFL is a fleeting thing for most and that if you stick around your body will be not the same.  They also had plenty of education and coaching along the way to let them know to prepare themselves for a life other than football.

Agree for the average American the money the NFL players are paid is absurd. The hospital I work for pays nearly a billion for every hospital they buy and they buy many, yet we are paid nothing by comparison. The difference is most Americans do not grow up being worshipped for what skills they bring to the workforce causing a sense of entitlement as do the star athletes. Plus the path they chose was always to get to the big reward at the end of the rainbow. Is it right, no but it is a reality.  

Burrow seems like a nice guy but he did not take a team friendly deal even. He could not possibly need a million dollars a week paycheck to survive but that's where we are at with nobody complaining. Per it's better for him to get his share than MB to horde it all and we are not tuning in to watch an owner throw the ball. Trust me NFL owners wallets are not suffering. $21 million is a lot of money and I would do just about anything ethical to obtain that for my family right now. Yet if someone else wants to give $100 million then that has to factor into the equation. 

Plus most regular employees (even great ones) can be replaced in a bat of an eye even if the company suffers some until they get back up to speed. They will lose no money just others will be forced to work harder to make up for it or lose their job as well. We also do not have people forming message boards to talk about how well we did our job, nor ripping our names to shreds if we don't perform at work as well as they feel we should have. Replace NFL superstars with CFL players and the brand suffers quickly. There are only 32 starting QB's in the league but there is never 32 who can do it on an elite level. There are many doctors and such. Unfortunately this gives them lots of leverage. Not to mention they do get at the very least bruised and battered while performing their jobs. 

It's not right but as long as everybody is so enamored with football this is what it has become and still rapidly growing monetarily constantly. Now I would go out there right now for a tenth of Tee's tag money and go all out but nobody wants to see that even in my prime and it would hurt the teams chances and I'm a very good athlete. Yet nowhere near elite like the ones who gets this sort of cabbage. 

Agree with everybody that $21 million is more than enough incentive, but there is no guarantee that Tee will not just mail it in to try not to get hurt. He already had a 650 yd season and most are certain he is a #1 talent and going to give him $21 million. So another average year won't hurt his stock too bad especially knowing he was unhappy getting blocked from the $100 million deal. Didn't hurt Bates or AJ green, plus he has a greedy agent whispering sweet nothing$ in his ear. 

Stand by the fact that I believe the only good solution is to find a way to sign Tee or trade him. The tag is a gamble imo. Understand most will not agree but have seen these spoiled rotten athletes in action and they grow more spoiled by the year. They wield more power than their own coaches in this day and age and sadly have to be handled with kid gloves.

Doesn't mean it is right and Tee has already enough money to be set for life, but betting he wants more. Success makes one crave more success always. The tag could work but just think it is a risk.