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Trying to watch NFL reminds me of the moment in "Django Unchained" when we meet diCaprio's character sitting in a chair watching to slaves beat each other to de
by backtoyoujim 9y ago
Trying to watch NFL reminds me of the moment in "Django Unchained" when we meet diCaprio's character sitting in a chair watching to slaves beat each other to death.
That moment of that movie comes to me every time the TV producers cut to the team owner sitting in their fancy box in their fancy chair paying lots of African American men to beat each other up for our entertainment and profit.
- wyager 9y agoThe primary difference, of course, is that NFL players often make more money than God.
- accountyaccount 9y agoCollege Football on the other hand...
- siegecraft 9y agoNFL players are probably compensated the worst out of the 4 major US sports. That's just in terms of what they get paid and doesn't even look at the total package of the risk they expose themselves to in terms of chronic injury, painkiller addiction, etc.
- aphextron 9y ago>NFL players are probably compensated the worst out of the 4 major US sports. That's just in terms of what they get paid and doesn't even look at the total package of the risk they expose themselves to in terms of chronic injury, painkiller addiction, etc. Especially when you factor in that they have been doing this to themselves from the age of 8 years old in most cases, all the way through high school and 4 years of college play for no compensation. All for the tiny slim opportunity of maybe one day having a 3 year career in the NFL and earning less total than an MLB rookie's first year signing bonus. The only reason the NFL has their pick of such top talent is because millions of kids in this country spend their lives putting schoolwork and health second to this dream of "making it". There's a massive externalized cost to society which the NFL has arbitrage on.
- ssharp 9y agoThey have non-guaranteed contracts, meaning they could be cut at any time, only the top-tier players get substantial guaranteed money in their contracts, and their average career length is two years shorter than a baseball player and a year shorter than a basketball player. You are, however, more likely to become an NFL player than an MLB, NBA, or NHL player.
- moretai 9y agoMoney's real useful when they blow their brains out.
- bearcobra 9y agoThe average career earnings for an NFL player is somewhere around $5 million. That's a lot of money, but I'd argue it isn't a crazy amount to make over an entire career while in the top 1% of the field.
- slantyyz 9y ago>> The average career earnings for an NFL player is somewhere around $5 million. Is that before paying management/agency fees + taxes, or after?
- moretai 9y agoProbably before. You should watch 30 for 30: Broke. I'm sure some of it is hyperbole, but I'm also I'm sure it's way worse for some players. They probably just get screwed.
- slantyyz 9y agoI've seen it. Unless you are good with your money and have a lasting career as an above average performer, I'm not sure that a lot of pro athletes are as wealthy as people think.
- andrewstuart2 9y agoThe NFL started out as almost exclusively white, and is now very mixed-race and the demographics are pretty purely skills-based. So I'm not sure any slave fighting analogies apply.
- backtoyoujim 9y agoWhat were black people allowed to do in 1921 in the USA ?
- wolco 9y agoSlaves come in all races shapes, sizes and genders. It still applies.
- TremendousJudge 9y agono it does not, because in that film all the slaves were specifically black
- sizzzzlerz 9y agoJust because they're paid a boatload of money doesn't mean they aren't slaves
- andrewstuart2 9y agoThe fact that they aren't legally considered property means they aren't slaves.