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Bleacher Creature

(11,504 posts) Tue Mar 17, 2020, 05:12 PM Mar 2020

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This message was self-deleted by its author (Original Post) Bleacher Creature Mar 2020 OP

NFL players need to get paid, too. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2020 #1

It's their league--they can do what they want to do re:player salary SiliconValley_Dem Mar 2020 #2

Because the owners are massively wealthy. guillaumeb Mar 2020 #3

For some people, it's a way of having some normalcy. LisaM Mar 2020 #4

Fair points by all. Bleacher Creature Mar 2020 #5

WhiskeyGrinder

(27,227 posts)

1. NFL players need to get paid, too.

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Tue Mar 17, 2020, 05:15 PM

Mar 2020

And I'm not saying that flippantly. NFL players getting paid a living wage -- something that fairly compensates them for the physical trauma and shortened employment life they go through -- is a labor issue.

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SiliconValley_Dem

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2. It's their league--they can do what they want to do re:player salary

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Tue Mar 17, 2020, 05:16 PM

Mar 2020

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guillaumeb

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3. Because the owners are massively wealthy.

Reply to Bleacher Creature (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2020, 05:22 PM

Mar 2020

Except for the Green bay Packers, which are owned by the town of Green Bay.

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LisaM

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4. For some people, it's a way of having some normalcy.

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Tue Mar 17, 2020, 05:30 PM

Mar 2020

I am on some sports boards, and this is giving other members something to concentrate on and look forward to getting a semblance of a regular life.

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Bleacher Creature

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5. Fair points by all.

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Tue Mar 17, 2020, 05:35 PM

Mar 2020

I'm just a bit on edge today. I think I'll kill this thread.

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