Lucas Niang opts out...

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by Mecca

It's just weird to me how the thoughts on players morph to whatever fits a fans narrative. Players are selfish twats that just want to get paid, those assholes.....oh look now they are pussies for not playing even though they are taking pennies on the dollar to do it.

What?

One can easily argue that it is selfish BY playing. I'm a piece of shit, as I've said before. I'm definitely selfish so ain't no way I'm giving up a 1M to 30M paycheck for a 150k paycheck if I was in their shoes. Someone wants to give me millions of dollars I'll dance over hot coals.

They are taking a clearly altruistic stance to help limit the risk to their family. That decision is much more responsible than the one I would take. And I should not be annoyed by it.

However, I can see how fan who has NO CHOICE but to work a low paying job to make ends meat would be annoyed. It doesn't make it right or wrong - but I can completely understand it. NFL players are extremely privileged to be able to have a league that 1) won't punsh them for quitting 2) still pays them a stipend if they quit 3) forwards their salary to the next year 4) offers free & mandatory testing to every employee (I could go on and on about such privileges) The same cannot be said about the Price Chopper stocker making $12 an hour, living in a shitty apartment, who has no such privileges.

[Mecca]

Originally Posted by BWillie

One can easily argue that it is selfish BY playing. I'm a piece of shit, as I've said before. I'm definitely selfish so ain't no way I'm giving up a 1M to 30M paycheck for a 150k paycheck if I was in their shoes. Someone wants to give me millions of dollars I'll dance over hot coals.

They are taking a clearly altruistic stance to help limit the risk to their family. That decision is much more responsible than the one I would take. And I should not be annoyed by it.

However, I can see how fan who has NO CHOICE but to work a low paying job to make ends meat would be annoyed. It doesn't make it right or wrong - but I can completely understand it. NFL players are extremely privileged to be able to have a league that 1) won't punsh them for opting out 2) still pays them a stipend if they quit 3) forwards their salary to the next year 4) offers free & mandatory testing to every employee. The same cannot be said about the Price Chopper stocker making $12 an hour, living in a shitty apartment, who has no such privileges.

Those fans are annoyed for the same reasons they don't like their paychecks, they make more money than me to play a game those ****ers.......they can opt out and I can't, that isn't fair..

It's jealously, what some fans should realize is they aren't NFL players nor is the NFL like your job so stop comparing.