08-15-2024, 11:38 AM
(08-15-2024, 11:35 AM)Whatever Wrote: Big issue. Unless there are bonuses stipulated in the contract for it, players aren't paid to practice. They are paid for games via game checks. They don't even get paid for preseason games.
Another sticking point is these are professional athletes that play a contact sport. There's always SOMETHING wrong with them, always something that hurts or aches or doesn't feel quite right. Does a team have a right to force a player to practice when they "don't feel right"? I mean, look at Burrow and his calf last year. Not saying he was "forced" but he practiced when he knew he wasn't completely right and sustained a significant injury.
The only caveat I mentioned was career ending injuries. As for the rest, they can put whatever they want in the contract, same as now. But to me a contract is a contract.
