Originally posted by CatchMaster80:
Originally posted by Afrikan:
Originally posted by tankle104:
You got his jersey?! I've considered it but have held off.
I was reading that Lamar is seeking $50M a year.. who the hell can afford that and still have a decent roster? Purdys salary isn't even currently counting against the salary cap. Lol
honestly, I'm all for players getting paid but these qb contracts are getting out of control. There needs to be a reset. No reason they shouldn't be getting $25-$40M at most. I really hope Purdy (or whoever our qb is) understands this like Brady did and doesn't try to take every single penny. As fans, we should throw a fit if anyone on our roster demands that much. I don't want to watch the 49ers with a highly paid qb and them trying to shoulder everything around them. Odds of winning a super bowl is almost non existent at that point.
no qb on a max contract has ever won a super bowl.
The Commanders are about to be sold for $6Billion+...NFL TV contracts are f**king nuts...as well as other NFL licenses rights.
It's not the QBs that need to be held back, the salary cap needs to increase for these players.
You look at the league... you look at it for a while now and QBs are hard to find... IN THE WHOLE F'N WORLD we can only find a certain # of legit starting QBs in this league? If that is the case, then their value needs to increase. This doesn't mean Lamar is better than some other top rated QB at their position... it just means, if a team can't get that other top rated QB.. then they have to get what's available, that can win them games. And Lamar has done his part to help his team win games. If the Ravens don't sign him to a huge contract, some other team will... because again, you need a QB that can win in this league. To help justify the cost of tickets... to bring in other talent... to not look like an embarrassment in front of millions every week for 17 weeks...as well as National Television every now and then.
Ravens are banking on Lamar sticking with them, we'll see.
I'm glad you have compassion for the players but they are way past being under paid. When the salaries go up so do ticket prices and TV access costs. Their salaries are rising way faster than any other profession. I don't want to hear that noise about short careers. They chose the career so they should accept the fact that it could end quickly. They can go out and get another job doing things normal people do. Most of them have a degree or at last 3 years of college. That's way better than the average person. If they're worried about injuries cutting their career short then invest or bank all the money from your early contracts. If they can make it 5 years then they should have a decent nest egg.
Yeah, and I agree with you. They should increase the salary cap. My understanding is that it does increase as nfl revenue does. I'm assuming they need to negotiate a larger percentage of profits, maybe they are? I hope so.
but until then, the players need to look out for each other on the roster too and not just themselves. That's way more complex and easier said than done, but it's a team sport. When one guy eats up a huge chunk of the salary - it only impacts the fans and teammates, not the team owners. Some guys have to uproot their family, or in situations like gould, move away from their family to get paid. When you're making $40M, $5M isn't going to change your life. You can easily make that money in endorsements. A lot of guys on the roster that aren't stars, don't really have those same off the field opportunities.
im not sympathetic towards the owners and understand the players dilemmas. Idk the exact answer but for such a team sport, there is a lot of "me me me" when it comes to massive paydays and only the players and fans suffer from it. Fans because they quality of our team and players cause they have to leave either good situations and/or uproot their families.
