SapperSaint |
07-07-2011 03:22 PM |
Here is my two cents..
If you retire from the Army as an E7...everytime a pay raise happens, your base pay in retire matches that of the current pay scale.
Now, I understand that the "Ole Timers" didn't have the contracts that the newer guys have had. But if these guys haven't had a job since they retired....then that's their fault. Now before anyone says I'm a heartless pig. Hear me out.
The NFL needs to come up with a "Tri-Care" type of insurance. If you do 20 years in the military, you have it for life. Now, I understand that anyone that performs 20 years in the NFL is like finding a unicorn. (Favre is the exeption). I say 5-10-15-20 years in the NFL gets you "So much" coverage. The more years you play, the lower your cost is. If you have a player that does less than 5 years, he has the option to pay for the insurance.
Injured players. If you have a career ending injury due to football.... you have coverage for life.
The NFL should set this up like the Veterans Affairs. Vets are paid on a percentage as well as thier medical coverage. It can't be that hard.
Now, for those gucci players that blantly pissed their money away. If the NFL proves this is the case, "Oh well", we put your butt through the NFL Rookie Symposium and WE TOLD YOU THEN.....DON"T BLOW YOUR MONEY!!!!!! DON'T GET 10 WOMEN PREGNANT AND HAVE 12 KIDS!!!! DON'T OWN 32 BENTLEYS WITH 45" WHEELS!!!!!!
I have no sympothy for those types of guys who blow their money and when it is gone they look to others as if to say, "Give me more because I screwed up". Yes, I'm am refering to the NFL Player and not the general public who do the exact same thing to the working people of America.
The NFL as a whole makes enough money in 10 years to take care of this program for 50 years. Why has this never been started?
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