Rookie salary comment

[Poacher]

NFL comish Roger Goodell has finally noticed that rookie salaries are a joke. My problem is with his timing and example.

From the article linked below:

"Goodell referred to Michigan tackle Jake Long's five-year, $57.75 million contract -- with $30 million guaranteed. Long was the first overall draft pick by the Miami Dolphins in April.

"He doesn't have to play a down in the NFL and he already has his money," Goodell said during a question-and-answer period at the end of a weeklong sports symposium at the Chautauqua Institution."

So a clean-cut white player now gets to become the face of the rookie salary problem. Where was Goodell last year when Cantaloupe Shoulders was cleaning out the Raiders' or when Radio was hauling it in or when any number of other highly touted black rookies were getting paid ridiculous amounts of money?

I guess he isn't quite as tough as I thought he was.

[url]http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/football/nfl/06/27/goo dell.rookies.ap/index.html[/url]

 

[Don Wassall]

Before Long it was the contract signed by Matt Flynn with the Falcons that had several black players complaining.


However I do agree with the NFL on this one. The rookie salary structure is unjustifiable and absurd. The reason so many black players are busts is that many are content to take the guaranteed bonus money and not even try to become solid pros.


This is another sign of a backlash against the current status quo of affirmative action and pandering to black criminals. But it's merely tinkering with the worst aspects of it in order for the owners to make more money; don't expect the Caste System to change in any meaningful way until there is a far stronger reaction against the league and its way of doing business.

 

[Bart]

So a clean-cut white player now gets to become the face of the rookie salary problem.

Yes, of course. Just another example of the - white privilege - so many of us enjoy in this twisted country.

 

[Don Wassall]

It's good to know that the NFL now only drafts players of good character:


Rookies Fight at NFL Event
Bucs rookies Aqib Talib and Cory Boyd reportedly got into a fight at the recent NFL Rookie Symposium, according to Profootballtalk.com. According the article, Talib and Boyd were in a budget and finances meeting when the altercation occurred. The alleged incident was broken up by Rob Davis, a former long snapper who currently serves as the Packers??? director of player development. The NFL Rookie Symposium was held in Palm Beach Gardens and concluded on June 25. It included sessions on developing life skills, personal finances, football operations, the league???s substance abuse program, career planning, and general circumstances that might confront a young player. Both players drafted by Tampa Bay had problems in college. Talib tested positive for marijuana use three times at Kansas, while Boyd was suspended for one season at South Carolina for disciplinary reasons.
Tampa Tribune
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