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Posted 4/3/2014 5:44 PM (GMT 0)
Again, as usual, dismayed by poor choices. WHy did they sign DeSean "The Showboat attention-Seeking hog" Jackson? BF sent me email when Eagles dropped and I sent an email less than 24 hours later, when he unofficially declared.
Posted 4/4/2014 12:20 AM (GMT 0)
   I think you said last season the owner of the Skins is an a*****e! No doubt this was not a coaches decision!

   Why oh why ... are so many of the prima-donnas (sp?) wide receivers. There certainly have been enough of them in the past to hate - with some of them on either the NFL channel or ESP now ... flashing their smiles.

   Is that old retired receiver who used to catch passes for Montana an ancient relic? Why wasn't he a d**k?

   Desean is yet another example of who not to become. His $10million annual contract (or whatever it is) is not a symbol of success in life. It's unfortunately becoming a symbol of the NFL, NBA and ????? - regardless of the kind of person is playing!

   There is one basketball player who is exactly the opposite in strength of character as this football player. He's not very well known - but he's the center for the Chicago Bulls. His name is Joakim Noah .... and I have never seen a player who was more of a team player and who played harder all the time than this guy.

   Yep, he does get very intense on the court. He is the best passing center in the NBA. He's likely the most mobile center ... and he is totally unselfish on ... and off the court. Off the court, he's a quiet gentleman and always speaks so highly of his teamates.

   He's never blamed the two year absense of D. Rose to injuries for the Bulls downfall. He just increased his game to make up for the loss of key players to injury.

   Desean Jackson ....... is a great athlete ..... a self-centered human being ...... and doesn't deserve to kiss Noahs feet! So there!!!

   Now ...... DJ ...... don't send one of yer boys mah way!!! Please!

R & G

 

Posted 4/4/2014 8:30 PM (GMT 0)
-sigh- So many wide receivers are not very humble team-players, this is true.

Sadly, DC will eat up Jackson, until he makes the first stupid, stupid, bone-headed, show-off move. Then they will disown him. It is not surprising to me that Chip Kelly axed him. He is a former college coach, who likes team work and collaboration.
Posted 4/4/2014 8:37 PM (GMT 0)
I think it's high time the NFL put caps on salaries until a player can prove himself, too many players out there with huge salaries and yet to be on a winning team. NFL needs to start scaling these salaries down, but at the same time give them medical coverage...
Don't the Texans get the first round draft pick???
Posted 4/4/2014 8:51 PM (GMT 0)
Not sure about the first-round pick, but I agree about the salary cap. I think the first two years as a professional should be contracted either as flat pay, or tiered according to risks taken on the field.

The lifetime medical coverage is sticky though. NCAA players are requesting it now through their unionization push. Where does the life-time coverage start or stop? College? High school? Does the medical coverage extend to all sports? Professional or amateur? Do they pay for your stent surgery? Or just for physical maladies? Brain injuries? You play a sport that is known for it's violence. Yes, football may have hastened or caused or precipitated your illness, but you did make the choice to play the game at a professional level. I guess I am suspicious about the precedent of giving all the risk to the business, even a very lucrative business, and accepting no personal responsibility for an illness of your body

I think the NFL should take some responsibility for an injury that is clearly linked to or caused by the game. I am not for insurance though-maybe a lump sum upon retirement, with cases to be revisited as the need arises by an independent panel of doctors.

Texans got several raw deals last season.
Posted 4/4/2014 10:32 PM (GMT 0)
   Salaries and benefits have gone crazy with professional baseball, basketball and football. Ever since the union B.S. in the 1980's, baseball has turned into a very greedy mans sport. Only those who are wealthy can consider watching many games each seaon ... can't imagine what a season ticket holder would pay.

   I heard this week about some baseball team - very mediocre at best - has a very good player who has a contract for over $200.-million. And because of it, they cannot afford to bring any more good players in ... so they will remain a mediocre team - an with a high team salary.

   Basketball has gotten crazy with some back-ups making $4. to 6.-million a year - and only play 8 to 10-minutes a game as the #8 or #9 player on the team.

   Football is getting there ... although unlike basketball and baseball, each team does have a salary cap. And here again, when a team pays (most likely the QB) big bucks to one person, there are at least 24 other starters and close to 25 back-ups to pay.

   It's got to be a nightmare for whoever is balancing those figures of salary and benefits in football.

A major problem:

   More equity is needed in how people are paid in all three of those sports, but:

   Name one union who ever agreed to a salary cut? Ain't gonna happen unless we become socialistic!

Texas (Chart):

   Don't understand why that team was so bad last year with the talent they have. Unless they trade it, they do have the first pick in the draft!

Washington (Myself):

   You know the fans very well there. Actually, for the fans it could suck - and for the player DJ, if it happens, it couldn't happen to a more deserving dude! 

R & G

 

Posted 4/5/2014 3:18 AM (GMT 0)
it's all foreign to me, but we have our football that would be foreign to you guys. i had a look at the thread i found i really enjoyed the banter!!! good o. :-)
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