Earl Thomas Sticks The Bird At Seahawks Sideline As He Gets Carted Off

[Davidson Deac II]

Just now, Shocker said:

Joe Namath the drunk guy asking for kisses from Suzy Colver on national tv?  That Joe Namath?

I am fairly certain that was sarcasm.

[Yaboychris28]

- asked to be traded by going to the cowboys locker room post game looking for JJ , still in his Seahawks uniform

-refuses to practice 

-constantly whines and pouts

-flips off his own team 

I have so sympathy for him. What goes around comes around 

 

[ZoneRead]

Good fug Seattle

[beastson]

2 hours ago, Adb6368 said:

Can someone explain to me how the Seahawks are idiots here?? They didn’t give a bunch of guaranteed money to a diva who is aging quickly who then got hurt for the season. Now, instead of being locked into a huge guarantee for a deal they didn’t want to give, they can part ways. 

I don’t blame bell for what he’s doing and and I don’t blame the Steelers. How many times does the cliche ‘this is a business first’ have to be said to actually make people understand that? 

Oh and screw all the grammar police on an internet board. You’re not nearly as important as you think you are. 

Because they could have gotten something for him and his contract off their hands for this season. Now they're playing 8 mil to a player on IR who made it clear he wanted to go else where. The good news is this is his last season

[jtm]

I feel bad for the guy and the franchise tag is bs and needs to be done away with. Can’t believe the players union signed off on this. It’s an unfair bargaining tool. 

[Zaximus]

This is exactly why players hold out.   

[Icege]

15 hours ago, Shocker said:

No your bullshit.  He signed the fuggin deal and should honor it.  Fug him.

When teams honor the entirety of contracts, this can be a valid response.

While it remains a one sided convo tho, this does nothing but hurt your stance.

[4Corners]

3 hours ago, Zaximus said:

This is exactly why players hold out.   

Yeah. I’m with the players on this one. It’s the only leverage they have. They are the ones getting their brains beaten in and destroying their bodies, they have a very little window to get paid. 

It’s a stupid argument when people are like “well he signed a contract! Honor the contract! I couldn’t do that at my job!!”

NFL jobs are not the same as a regular 9-5. It’s the same thing with the protest arguments. “I can’t protest at my job! They can’t either! I’d be fired!!”

apples and oranges. 

[Shocker]

Ok, I feel bad for Thomas and his family but Seattle was actually correct here.  Same injury he had earlier and they weren't prepared to just hand him a long term deal for crazy money.  They don't trade him to help out another NFC team.  They had some leverage on a deal Thomas signed and used it.  I don't see this changing. 

[Khyber53]

One working finger will harm his career more than the broken leg will.

Dumbass. Should have taken the money, played his best through the season and set himself up for a mega deal somewhere. 

 

[thefuzz]

I simply don't understand many posters on this board.

The Seahawks did the smart thing in not extending him, and the dumb thing in not trading him away.

And yes, teams do have players play out their full contracts...all the time.

[jumpman910]

27 minutes ago, Khyber53 said:

One working finger will harm his career more than the broken leg will.

Dumbass. Should have taken the money, played his best through the season and set himself up for a mega deal somewhere. 

 

Taken the money..... He already has the money he just wanted and extension 

[BrianS]

33 minutes ago, Scum of the Turf said:

It's still a way better system than the NBA.  The players hold all the control.   It's difficult to have a highly paid player thst is no longer worth their contract value.  

See:  Matt Kalil.

[jumpman910]

4 minutes ago, thefuzz said:

I simply don't understand many posters on this board.

The Seahawks did the smart thing in not extending him, and the dumb thing in not trading him away.

And yes, teams do have players play out their full contracts...all the time.

There's never gonna be a perfect system in the NFL, if a player out performs his contract usually they won't extend him early but if they under perform a contract the teams cut bait easily. 

I understand both sides of the argument but honestly these billion dollar organizations have too much leverage but it's what the nflpa agreed upon in 2011.