07-23-2021, 08:40 AM
(07-22-2021, 10:43 PM)EatonFan Wrote: Yes. There does. The NFL is a monopoly.
If they catch covid they are out for two weeks and don't get paid. I'd even fine them a 3rd game too. That's a pretty good punishment.
If one player has a reaction and dies, I hope the family sues and the NFL is financially to its knees.
Nope. They don't have a choice. Monopoly dude. That's like saying well golly, you can just flip hamburgers for $10/hr instead. There is no comparison. Understand I'm for the vaccine, but I'm not for forcing a 'emergency use' on someone. That should be between them and a doctor, not forced upon them.
Monopoly on playing a sport. It is not a commodity. These players don't have to play football. Someone is willing for them to PLAY it for THEM for money. When that dynamic changes, you are gone. That's what they sign up for. Domestic violence and in the NFL, you are done. If you are a landscaper, no one cares. High reward, but you are still getting paid to do it there way.
They have options. Is the CFL or Arena League as popular? No. Does it pay as well? No. So, if you want all what the NFL can afford you, you have to do it their way. Every business works this way. Just because they are the best one around just shows they know what they are doing. These guys have a union. They get to vote. See if a server at Applebee's gets the same type of representation.
Keep using forced but that is exactly what you want the league to do with their product. They make money having games. If a team and billionaire owners can't get the people who they employee to make that happen, they have to push on without them and not punish the other team for it. Making millions and billions to show up on Sunday. Because your WR is scared of a vaccine and wants to party at the Cough In My Face Lounge and catches covid, the other team has to suffer too? Nope.
Monopoly for fans....maybe. The players are not paying money to use the NFL field. They benefit from it. They buy the houses and cars because of it. They all dream of playing in the NFL. Once there, they want it their way. It is a business. Every player who used to play has been replaced with another man making even more money. Just because they don't want to or can't do something else for the same amount of money is not on the NFL, that is on the players.
Playing in the NFL is a privilege. It is not a promise.
