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19. Off-topic, but how do these people get paid sooo much money

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 12:44 AM

Mar 2013

when there are other professions that are more necessary to society? Hell, I think my geography professor would be more deserving of $120M.

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Sources: Flacco to be highest paid player in NFL history [View all] Auggie Mar 2013 OP

I guess he had all the leverage. bluedigger Mar 2013 #2

Yeah, and good luck with that aging defense too. Auggie Mar 2013 #3

Yup, he's going to have to carry them from here out, I think. bluedigger Mar 2013 #4

We can only hope for decades of further success. bluedigger Mar 2013 #7

Well, considering that Goodell has created the "Brady Rule" that madinmaryland Mar 2013 #9

Keep clinging to that weak excuse for failure. bluedigger Mar 2013 #10

As a PED SOX fan it is ironic you are talking about "weak" madinmaryland Mar 2013 #11

You really need to find some new material. bluedigger Mar 2013 #13

Mmmmmiiiisstaaaaaake! Yavin4 Mar 2013 #6

Flacco is a journeyman quarterback, that's all. MadHound Mar 2013 #8

The point is, he has played his best games at the end of the year... madinmaryland Mar 2013 #12

Umm, no, that's not true. MadHound Mar 2013 #14

Two "Mads" making decent points Auggie Mar 2013 #15

One other point JonLP24 Mar 2013 #18

Yeah, his team won the Super Bowl. Upton Mar 2013 #16

Off-topic, but how do these people get paid sooo much money Jamaal510 Mar 2013 #19

Supply and demand JonLP24 Mar 2013 #20