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In response to "Maybe life is more important." by Spawn

maybe people are taking this football thing far too seriously.

Posted by znufrii Jan 7 '11, 11:07

it's just a game, people.

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Well, it's not baseball, but still it's *multi-million dollar* game. (nm) - musubi Jan 7, 11:11
it stops being a agame when espn pays $2 billion a year for around 16 games -- nm - Beaker Jan 7, 11:09 5
- I admire the kid for not taking the obscene amounts of money that would have been - amoxy Jan 7, 11:13 4
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    - *ding* (nm) - musubi Jan 7, 11:20
    - this -- nm - Beaker Jan 7, 11:17
  - he's going to take obscene amounts of money next year -- nm - fredo Jan 7, 11:15
I am really amazed people are having such a hard time with this. - Spawn Jan 7, 11:08 34
- I'm amazed that people don't understand that noone is saying he can't do that. - musubi Jan 7, 11:12 28
  - the implication of that criticism being that he has some sort of personal responsibility to take the most lucrative career path... -- nm - znufrii Jan 7, 11:15 3
    - No, it doesn't. He can turn down guaranteed millions if he wants, but to deny that is what he is doing is simply burying your head in the sand. - musubi Jan 7, 11:18 2
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        Sasquatch!!! -- nm - znufrii Jan 7, 11:30
  - I disagree with that, as well. Especially if I am right and his coach is staying with him. -- nm - Spawn Jan 7, 11:13 23
    - There's zero question it's a bad fiscal move - Will Hunting Jan 7, 11:21
    - Then you are flat out wrong. He will get guaranteed millions if he does to the draft this year. - musubi Jan 7, 11:16 19
      - Maybe he realizes, that after a certain point, millions are millions. -- nm - Spawn Jan 7, 11:18 18
        
        Which is his right to do. BUT IT IS STILL TURNING DOWN MILLIONS. - musubi Jan 7, 11:18 17
        
        Millions now or a year later are still millions. - Spawn Jan 7, 11:22 7
        
        unless some DL breaks his leg or he gets concussion prone or his stock drops (Jake Locker says hi from MacDonalds drivethru window) -- nm - Beaker Jan 7, 11:27 6
        
        He could get hit by a bus on the way to the draft. -- nm - Spawn Jan 7, 11:31
        
        And Sam Bradford, who had the worst injury a QB can get, says hi from the Offensive Rookie of the Year podium. -- nm - David Jan 7, 11:29 4
        
        So you think Bradford is the rule, and not the exception? - musubi Jan 7, 11:30 3
        
        I think that Peyton Manning is the best comparison. Bradford is just a recent example that injuries can be overstated. - David Jan 7, 11:33
        
        This guy is the next PManning. - Spawn Jan 7, 11:32 1
        
        I am nowhere near ready to say that, but his situation is the most similar to Manning in a dozen years. -- nm - David Jan 7, 11:34
        
        people turn down jobs that offer more money for personal reasons everyday. -- nm - Andie Jan 7, 11:20 8
        
        Noone disagree with the factualness of that statement. - musubi Jan 7, 11:22 7
        
        right. and. generally speaking, ST tends to applaud people who put something before money. why is this different? just because it's MORE money? -- nm - Andie Jan 7, 11:23 6
        
        Well, frankly, yes. If I turn a $20M engineering job down, because I want to finish my degree, knowing full well that there's a good chance I don't - musubi Jan 7, 11:33
        
        Becuase honestly, sports are different. If I turn down a job with Company A for more money, there's Company B/C/D....in his case, - Will Hunting Jan 7, 11:24 3
        
        Think of people that take a year off after college. Why is this different (other than making even more sense)? -- nm - Spawn Jan 7, 11:26 2
        
        Because in other fields the job offers from companies don't change from year to year as radically as they do in sports. (nm) - musubi Jan 7, 11:34
        
        If my franchise QB wants to take a year off after college to find himself, I'm not drafting him. - Will Hunting Jan 7, 11:31
        
        because people have an unheathy obsession with football. -- nm - znufrii Jan 7, 11:24
    - they are losing 7 offensive starters. They are taking a huge hit -- nm - Beaker Jan 7, 11:15 1
      - Loyalty to his school and friends says a lot about him. - Spawn Jan 7, 11:19
- The only thing I haven't heard is people whining about how this affects their fantasy teams - znufrii Jan 7, 11:09 4
  - Because it doesn't. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 7, 11:11
  - A rookie QB is risky, at best. -- nm - Spawn Jan 7, 11:10 2
    - I wouldn't know... -- nm - znufrii Jan 7, 11:11
    - not anymore -- nm - fredo Jan 7, 11:11

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