Memnoch_TP

You think too black and white on contract issues. He signed a contract with 1 year of football under his belt in college. No one, probably not even himself, envisioned how successful he would be in the NFL.

He his putting out a lot of effort, and is becoming one of the top tier talents in the NFL, but is not getting paid like one. Not paying him when he deserves it, even if we don't HAVE to, doesn't make it the right thing to do. You don't treat someone that way and expect to garner loyalty and respect from them.

After his 4 years are up, he could simply be of the opinion "Well, you could have done right by me and paid me what I deserved, but you didn't. Your loyalty was to the contract and not to me as a person. Now I give you back the same. My loyalty is to my contract, and not the organization. Oh, look, I don't have a contract anymore, so now you can take your team and shove it. I don't care what you are offering, I'm going somewhere else. Bye."

What would really prevent these situations isn't everyone adhering to a contract, whether it gives a fair value or not. What would prevent these situations is if all contracts were based on performance.

"Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so." -- Douglas Adams.