OVERPAID ATHLETES

I am growing tired of hearing this year after year. It seems every draft class wants more money than the class before it. You have guys who havent proved squat making 50-75 million.

You read everyday on CNN & Yahoo how familes are barely making it with Bills and gas prices soaring. Military Vets (the REAL heros) who cant pay medical bills. You now have guys fresh out of college who will never have to worry about any of this, and half of them are thugs who cant stay out of jail and beat women. And what do they do for a living ?? PLAY A FRIGGING KIDS GAME. Maybe my age is starting to make me see the ugly side of the sport.

I am pretty sure im not the only one upset.

I rarely say this:

Deal with it.

It's sports. They make millions of dollars...It's been that way for years and it's not going to change. Is it "fair" to the average Joe? No. But what's Matt Ryan going to do? Apologize for the economic state of the country?

There's a saying: "There are two thing not worth getting upset over. Things you can't control and things you can." You can't control what any of these players make. So don't lose sleep over it. Just accept it. If it really bothers you, don't watch the games.

I also agree and disagree. While I agree they are overpaid, I won't say they are not "deserving", any more than another skillset is deserving. There are CEO's, CFO's, VP's, etc. who make similar money, who probably don't work as hard, at least from a physical standpoint.

It's the good, and the bad, of which makes this country great, and the fact that we can bitch about it.

let me ask just one question.

Name a Player on the Falcons who has more pressure on them than Matt Ryan? No one.

He is not going to be judged on how well he plays but on how well the entire team plays. He is the franchise player and he has the orgaization on his back. Who on the falcons deserves more money than him.

I completely agree with you Fred Savage, this is getting way out of control.  getting 30 million to do a job is stupid.  Im gonna hire a waitress and give her 45 million a year to go wait tables  Pay them the same amount as all the other hard-working americans out there.

The only reason they should even  be paid a quarter of that is that they are risking injury, but thats it.

All your doing is giving them more money to bail them out of jail with.