Cromartie Rips into Union Reps

[replive]

You want to make the NFL shake in their boots? Threaten to sit out of the Super Bowl. You'd have a deal hammered out in 2 hours.

Perhaps, but if the players did they'd lose basically all fan support.

[Panthro]

You play the only cards you can. They would have everyone on the owners to work this out...TV, Ads, fans.

[GoHeels74]

It's sad that a good amount of these players have made more money than most people make in their lifetime and didn't manage it wisely. I could live off $1 million for the rest of my life but these guys can't do without their 6 cars and 8 bedroom houses. I don't feel sorry for them one bit.

[Carolina Husker]

You don't sound sorry but you do sound jealous.

[GoHeels74]

You don't sound sorry but you do sound jealous.

Hell yeah I would love to make millions and never have to worry about feeding my family or keeping the heat on. I would've managed my money better to where if there was a lockout I wouldn't have to worry about my money. My point is nobody needs 4-6 cars like these athletes you see on cribs. Now Cromartie might need an 8 bedroom house since he has all those kids.

[TheRealDeal]

It's sad that a good amount of these players have made more money than most people make in their lifetime and didn't manage it wisely. I could live off $1 million for the rest of my life but these guys can't do without their 6 cars and 8 bedroom houses. I don't feel sorry for them one bit.

So you think you could live off of about $550,000 the rest of your life? I hope you're pretty damn old. Take about 3% off of that for agents fees and you are left with roughly $530k.

No chance you make that last.

I think many fans are out of touch with reality when it comes to players salaries and the length of their careers.

[Jackofalltrades]

I get the sense that Smith is far more worried about his legacy than doing the right thing for the players. I think he took Goodell's mention of Upshaw as a slap in the face.

More players need to speak out, IMO.

[Gazi]

poo title. He ripped into both. Union haters

[GoHeels74]

So you think you could live off of about $550,000 the rest of your life? I hope you're pretty damn old. Take about 3% off of that for agents fees and you are left with roughly $530k.

No chance you make that last.

I think many fans are out of touch with reality when it comes to players salaries and the length of their careers.

I said I could live off of exactly $1 million for the rest of my life. I know these players have to pay their agents but trust me Cromartie has pocketed way more than $1 million in his career. Again my point was these guys have made enough to live on but they chose to live the high life and now that a lockout is looming they're worried cause they didn't manage their money right.

[Urrymonster]

poo title. He ripped into both. Union haters

You are poo.

By saying 'reps' I thought people would be able to look beyond their own nose and identify that I wasn't referring to just one person.

[Gazi]

You are poo.

By saying 'reps' I thought people would be able to look beyond their own nose and identify that I wasn't referring to just one person.

I don't see "owners" there, shitcock

[TheRealDeal]

I said I could live off of exactly $1 million for the rest of my life. I know these players have to pay their agents but trust me Cromartie has pocketed way more than $1 million in his career. Again my point was these guys have made enough to live on but they chose to live the high life and now that a lockout is looming they're worried cause they didn't manage their money right.

My point is they don't see all that they make and we just hear big numbers and assume they keep it all.

Also, the majority of the players in the NFL aren't making nearly as much money as you think they are.

[Urrymonster]

I said I could live off of exactly $1 million for the rest of my life. I know these players have to pay their agents but trust me Cromartie has pocketed way more than $1 million in his career. Again my point was these guys have made enough to live on but they chose to live the high life and now that a lockout is looming they're worried cause they didn't manage their money right.

Honestly. I bet you couldn't.

Simply buying a house would wipe out a pretty sizeable chunk of that. If you decide not to buy just to save money on the immediate, then you are costing your kids money in the future as they can't rent it out or sell it.

Simply having that money there would make you want to send your kids to a slightly nicer school, or settle some crippling debts.

I suppose you could just live a normal life with $1 million in the bank, but then you wouldn't be living off of it.

[Fiz]

Cromartie literally has like 57 kids. Child support is a mofo. Guy needs to work.

cromartie is an expert in labor at this point.