Rodgers Extended Through 2014

[Gunakor]

seems a bit high on the guaranteed cash. Otherwise, its about right I guess.

Players are way overpaid.

How so? Are you against capitalism?

They play games. They don't save lives or make a difference in the world. They're waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay overpaid.

Guess you are against capitalism. They get paid what the market deems correct.

Yeah.

If Tyrone and I were both on the Packers instead of Jennings and Rodgers (along with other PackerRats posters), I'm SURE the Pack would still sell out all their games, sell a ton of my jerseys and there would still be websites devoted to talking about MY quarterback play.

Yeah. NFL players are so overpaid.

The money has to go somewhere. Might as well make devoting your life to an incredibly rigid lifestyle worth something.

People that have an opposing view on this really just don't understand economics at its core... it's pretty simple and I'm no econ genius ...

It just makes me upset that players make this much and still bitch and complain. Yeah boy, they have a real fucking bad lifestyle. Why don't you try going underground to mine coal for hours after hours. Oh wait...we don't need coal...just for ELECTRICITY! I guess there's alot of shit you don't understand.

But the consumer spends more money on luxury items and entertainment than they do on coal or electricity...

It's all consumer driven. As long as we humans crave entertainment, entertainers will be overpaid. It's what we spend our money on.

If we paid more on our electric bill, the electric companies would have more money to pay the coal miner. If we paid more for public education, the school districts would have more money to pay their teachers. But when they try to raise the rates/taxes on either we raise hell, because that leaves us with less money to spend on entertainment. Entertainment is where we'd rather spend our money, and is where a large chunk of it goes. That money has to go somewhere.

It's not the NFL's fault they rake in so much money, it's ours for spending it on NFL apparel and Miller Lite and Chevy trucks and anything else you see ads for when watching an NFL game(if you really have to blame someone). And it would be silly of them not to give the lions share of that money to those who deserve it - the players who create the product that brings in so much money.

[Brando19]

seems a bit high on the guaranteed cash. Otherwise, its about right I guess.

Players are way overpaid.

How so? Are you against capitalism?

They play games. They don't save lives or make a difference in the world. They're waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay overpaid.

Guess you are against capitalism. They get paid what the market deems correct.

Yeah.

If Tyrone and I were both on the Packers instead of Jennings and Rodgers (along with other PackerRats posters), I'm SURE the Pack would still sell out all their games, sell a ton of my jerseys and there would still be websites devoted to talking about MY quarterback play.

Yeah. NFL players are so overpaid.

The money has to go somewhere. Might as well make devoting your life to an incredibly rigid lifestyle worth something.

People that have an opposing view on this really just don't understand economics at its core... it's pretty simple and I'm no econ genius ...

It just makes me upset that players make this much and still bitch and complain. Yeah boy, they have a real fucking bad lifestyle. Why don't you try going underground to mine coal for hours after hours. Oh wait...we don't need coal...just for ELECTRICITY! I guess there's alot of shit you don't understand.

But the consumer spends more money on luxury items and entertainment than they do on coal or electricity...

It's all consumer driven. As long as we humans crave entertainment, entertainers will be overpaid. It's what we spend our money on.

If we paid more on our electric bill, the electric companies would have more money to pay the coal miner. If we paid more for public education, the school districts would have more money to pay their teachers. But when they try to raise the rates/taxes on either we raise hell, because that leaves us with less money to spend on entertainment. Entertainment is where we'd rather spend our money, and is where a large chunk of it goes. That money has to go somewhere.

It's not the NFL's fault they rake in so much money, it's ours for spending it on NFL apparel and Miller Lite and Chevy trucks and anything else you see ads for when watching an NFL game(if you really have to blame someone). And it would be silly of them not to give the lions share of that money to those who deserve it - the players who create the product that brings in so much money.

Damn good argument. You just earned my respect by having a very intelligent post, proving your point, and doing it in a mature manner. Great post.

[Merlin]

This is a bit of a surprise. I can see why TT would do the deal...but I though Rodgers would wait. A 5 year deal locks him up until he's around 29 yrs old. After 2 good years he could ask for Peyton Manning numbers...which is around $15 mil a year.

Well if he is putting up those types of numbers, then I am sure the Packers will re-negotiate his contract. I would think they would offer up a "lifetime" contract similar to what Favre got. Then again, who knows with this management. The front office seems to run only on what makes them money, not what wins them games. It will be interesting to see how much money the Packers make if they start a losing trend.