Chase not Practicing

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(08-30-2024, 06:55 PM)Whatever Wrote: The NFL's period is three years.  After that, you are free to negotiate a new deal free from the rookie slotting scale per league rules.

However, here's where your argument completely falls apart.  If a bricklayer is capable of working at a level where a fair wage is $35 an hour, but his employer refuses to increase his wage above $20 an hour, it's unrealistic to think he will continue to work at a level consummate with a $35/hr wage.  He's fully within his right to just do the bare minimum job requirements to earn the wage he's being paid, and I doubt anyone here would hold it against him.

Chase has a cap number of $9.8 million dollars this year.  Ethically, he's only obligated to perform at a level consummate to to a player of his position making the same money on a deal that was negotiated freely.  So why are people upset that he's not actively participating in practice?  He's not paid to practice.  Does anyone really think he needs TC to perform at the same level as the average FA making $9.8 mil over the course of the season?  Doubtful.  There's outrage because people KNOW he's underpaid and EXPECT him to perform at a level worth 3-4x what he could could get on the open market. Not to mention the fact that most of those complaining in this thread are doing so at their workplace, thusly not giving their own employer their best efforts, but are upset someone else isn't doing the same 

I'll say you have a fair point if you can answer one simple question:

What exactly is Chase asking for that his employer is unwilling to pay?