An arguement for the NFL Players...

Most NFL players have trained to play in the NFL since they were at least 14 years old. That is eight years of training, practice and risk of injury before they even get a job.
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Football players put themselves at very signigicant risk to major injury for very little in return. Even if they make $300,000 a year on the practice squad for two years, one blown out knee ENDS THEIR CAREER.
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Most of us, including NFL team Owners, can still work through the most debilitating injury. Dan Snyder has been running the Washington Redskins with obvious severe brain damage for 11 years.
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These guys have, on average, 3 years to make their money. Then they hope to open a car dealership or a bar. Contracts are NOT guaranteed.
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Bulging disk in your neck: Fuck you!
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NFL Owners don't have a product to sell without the players. Say what you'd like about worker's rights, but without the Players, Owners don't have a product to sell.
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Without a product to sell - and more importantly cash to collect - NFL Owners can't pay their mortgages. Stadium debt service. Some Owners can wait out a small storm, but not a year-long hurricane, especially not in Jacksonville, Buffalo and Minnesota.