It's time to take football back...
Adrian Peterson's recent Yahoo Sports interview :
It's modern-day slavery, you know? People kind of laugh at that, but there are people working at regular jobs who get treated the same way, too. With all the money … the owners are trying to get a different percentage, and bring in more money. I understand that; these are business-minded people. Of course this is what they are going to want to do. I understand that; it's how they got to where they are now. But as players, we have to stand our ground and say, 'Hey — without us, there's no football.'
-A.P.
Wrong Adrian Peterson. Without the fans there's no NFL. Fans willing to dress like idiots and brave ridiculous weather extremes to overpay for the privilege of cheering on a group of spoiled, ungrateful (near) criminals. A.P., Go ask 2 time NFL MVP Kurt Warner how his quick release and accuracy were compensated when he was stacking groceries at the Hy-Vee. It was $5.50 an hour - a shade less than the $10+ million you are scheduled to earn this year...
I think the players can probably save their season by taking a pay cut to $4 instead of $4.5 billion; and the owners can continue to hold their cities ransom by threatening to move their franchises unless the public coffers are emptied to build more luxury boxes; but if you're looking for me on Sundays I'll be out playing football.
