Originally Posted by
chief31
I DID notice that you found a section of the middle ground there. :D
However, this is how I would have said it...
These players do that at the end of each individual contract, and the demand for their talents gets them what they want.
However.....
That is, in no way, similar to what is going on this offseason.
The metaphore would be more of ....
The boss came in and told you to get off of the company property, and have not allowed you back.
These players, nor their union, have gone to the employers with demands. The owners made demands.
You may be willing to watch second-rate schmucks play football, but then, you could have been watching The CFL all along, if that is what you wanted.
I choose to watch The NFL because these are the greatest football players on the planet.
If I were interested in mediocre competition, then I could watch the 89-3 scores of The NCAA, or even High school, or Arena football.
But I don't watch that lesser talent. I, like so many others, am interested in watching the game played at the highest level possible.
I want to see Muhamed Ali, not Joe The Drunk at the bar.
I will watch the best there is, or I won't watch. And that's how the free market goes. Those who tune if to see the best in the world, will not tune in to see scabs.
We want to complain about the greed of the players, and neglect the greed of those who make far more than even the richest player?
Both sides have greed. I see the players' greed when they demand a contract extention, while already under contract, and during every free agency period.
But what I see now, this offseason, is the greed of ownership.