ChrisL
Diamond Member
You're still talking about averages. Does that make you sleep well at night?For money, duh! Why do you think they wouldn't do that? Do you have any idea how naive and condescending you come across with nearly every statement you make? You seem to think that every negotiation is done with zero collusion. That isn't the case, except in fantasy land where unicorns live.They colluded by agreeing on the tampering law, how many times do I have to explain this to you?How have the NFL owners colluded to limit coach salaries? There are no rules in effect to limit salaries to coaches.
As for the limiting of player salaries? The NFL and the NFL Players Association negotiate between them how much money will be paid to the players. The NFL Players Association understands that the salary cap's main purpose is to provide competitive balance in the league, not keep players in "slavery", something you can't seem to grasp. If you look at the average player salary since the salary cap was established...players are making much more money NOW than they ever were before it was put into play. Why? Because the Players Association negotiated that for them...along with retirement benefits that never existed before. As of 2009 the AVERAGE NFL player was making over a million dollars a year!
How does the players union colluding with the owners to limit salary tell you that there is no colluding to limit salaries of the players? Do you have any idea how silly that sounds? There are a great many players that don't make millions of dollars a year. Your use of the term average is to justify limiting player salaries is ludicrous and insulting.
So now the Players Union is also "colluding" with the NFL owners? Why would they do that? Do you have any idea how stupid you come across when you make a statement like that? You seem to think that any negotiation equates to collusion. That isn't the case. The NFL Players Union has negotiated in such a way that the average NFL player now is making so much more than players were thirty years ago that it isn't even funny. Back in 1982 the average player salary was a little more than $90,000. Today it is more than $1,000,000. That has to be the worst example of "collusion" I've ever heard of.
EVERYONE IS MAKING MORE TODAY THAN THEY DID THIRTY YEARS AGO. It's called inflation. 1982 was THIRTY THREE years ago old man.
So a tenfold increase in wages is due to inflation? Is that what you're now claiming? Let's see...the inflation rate since 1982 is 2.81% so a dollar in 1982 would have the same buying power as $2.50 now.
Care to try again, Sparky? If the average players salary had increased at the rate of inflation then the average NFL player would now be making $225,000. Instead they are making $1,100,000. Gee...those poor "enslaved" players!!!
What makes you god that you feel the need to set another man's salary or poke at it and tell him he's making enough and should be happy to be limited by a monopoly on his salary?
I think you have too much money you don't mind if I set a cap on your income do you?
Look you are wrong. There is no "collusion." They all negotiate for salary caps, etc. The players have a union that makes sure they get a fair deal. These are guys that make between hundreds of thousands of dollars and millions of dollars. They are NOT being taken advantage of, that is for sure. This whole argument is just stupid beyond belief.
The Patriots won the Superbowl. Deal with it. It's a goddamn sport that was created for entertainment purposes. You people are just sucking ALL the FUN out of it with your incessant whining.