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« Thursday « August 11, 2005
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Terrell Owens
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Here's my take on TO: I disagree with his tactics, but I agree with his strategy. He needs a better contract or a trade. What I don't like about TO here is that he signed a contract, and even though he outperformed it, he shouldn't have signed the deal in the first place. And people warned him about how bad it was last year. He should honor the contract. But the NFL owners completely exploit the players, and are rarely challenged about their practices. Of course, part of the problem here is that the owners have better collective bargaining negotiators than the players union, but players are human beings, not just cogs in a money-making machine. Besides the NHL, the NFL is the toughest sport in terms of the destruction and debilitation of human bodies. To make an NFL club, you risk career-ending, life-changing injury every time you step into the coliseum. And yet, the owners have the gall to offer unguaranteed contracts. So if you blow out your knee, or crack a vertabrae in your neck -- very likely in this league -- they'll cut your *ss without blinking an eye. The owners shoulder business risks, which they can insure, amortize and write-off, but the players risk, literally, their longterm health every play. Yeah, the players make millions. But the owners, through ruthless exploitation of the players, make billions. And it's the players we come to see. Recognize.
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