Chase not Practicing

[Bengalbug]

(09-13-2024, 03:17 PM)007BengalsFan Wrote: If you are going to use the excuse these guys should be paid what they are worth you should also support no guaranteed contracts so when they are not playing up to their worth, they can be cut.  Why should any player be given a huge guaranteed contract when there is no guarantee from the player they will play at that level.  Football is turning into baseball with these guaranteed contracts.  Remember Joey Votto, pay the guy what he is worth.  The Reds did pay Votto and Votto proceeded to stink for years and the Reds could do nothing about it because Votto had that huge guaranteed contract he wasnt worth.  Pay me what I am worth unless Im not playing that good but keep paying me as if I am.

2nd Team MLB All Decade-- Joey Votto (CIN): Votto started the decade by winning the 2010 NL MVP Award, and the Reds cornerstone led his league in on-base percentage seven of the 10 years -- one of three hitters to do so, along with Hall of Famers Ted Williams (1940s) and Rogers Hornsby ('20s).

His massive contract started in 2014. Of course he wasn’t going to be an MVP at 40, but he was arguably a top 5 player in all of MLB from 205-2017.

The 10 year deals that get signed in baseball are essentially their final ride. In football, the 3-5 year deals can still leave them in their prime.

I do find it weird that in the most physical sport of the big 3, that football players are payed the least, with the least amount of monetary protection.