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DEA makes surprise inspections on NFL teams

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Batman, Nov 16, 2014.

  1. cranberry

    cranberry Well-Known Member

    No. I get that players don't trust the team's advice but the teams are authority figures not equals. They have too much power over players' behavior and livlihood to leave it at, "They (players) can do a cost-benefit analysis for themselves" or "they have to make choices." If a club used the exact same phraseology as you -- " if you can't get it done, you risk getting cut in favor of someone who can" -- that may be reality, sure, but it also could easily be construed as a threat to a man's playing time, job and career.
     
  2. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    You make it sound as if it is slavery. There is nobody forcing anyone to play pro football. The players have free will. There is no one who plays pro football who doesn't understand how fucked up it is -- by its very nature. Some thrive on the physicality. Others see it as a faustian bargain. Sacrifice your body for fame and money.

    As to what you are saying, yeah, players in the NFL live under a constant threat to their job security. Nobody is owed that job. It's the nature of the NFL. The typical career only lasts a few years. If the pounding doesn't do it to you, someone younger and freshly drafted will. You don't have a god-given right to occupy a spot on an NFL roster. The players all understand that -- football takes a physical toll on a body, and when your body does 't allow you to play, you are at major risk of getting pushed aside for someone else.

    That is where pain killers come into play. And at that point a player has to decide for himself what he wants. Telling me that not choosing the pain killers is a threat to the players' career, is like a "duh" to me. What you said implies that that team owes him a job whether he can perform on the field or not.

    All the team owes him is what the terms of the contract they both agreed to specifies.
     
  3. Riptide

    Riptide Well-Known Member

    In other news, the NFL has announced
    its Discretionary Time Off and Needles plan.
     
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