Pat Fisher never made those big bucks...

Nor did any of those old timers... Johnny U rode public transportation... Mickey Mantle used to the subway to get to the ballparks...

I ain't sayin' that they don't deserve to make decent money... And the average career is only about 5 years (if that) so given that they will pay physically for the rest of their lives they need to be paid decent money... I think a $2M-$3M a year cap would be fine as long as there was also a pension plan and health insurance for life that goes with it...

My problem with the system is that a lot of football players ain't the sharpest knives in the drawer and are are taken advantage of their entire playing life... Especially in college where they don't come out knowing much more about making good decisions about money than if they never went to college... Then the agents take their hand and advantage of them and then they get hurt and they are broke and disabled and no education to fall back on...

The NFL makes billion$$$ a year off the sacrifices these men make and I whole-heartedly believe that the NFL should be the one assuming "personal responsibility" for the health and well-being of it's players...

B~