exactly, peanuts.K wrote:Peanuts? I don't know what his current contract is worth, but the average AFL salary is $371,000 (and rising).E wrote:He makes peanuts and you want to hold him to the standard of perfection. seems a little much to me.swoop42 wrote:...
Secondly people taking the view that the clubs measures are draconian are missing the point that footballers are blessed with so many opportunities that people employed in standard forms of work would never benefit from.
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This is after all what we are paying him for is it not so how getting highly intoxicated could possibly be seen in line with this club expectation for any footballer during a season is beyond me.
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I am incredibly valuable in the role that i perform and if i broke my leg it would impact my ability to perform my job. Does that mean i can never go skiing? Of course not. i perform my job better if i get 10 hours sleep a night. does this mean i can never go out? Of course not.
Pro athletes in the US make $20 million and aren't expected to refrain from drinking when they are on their time. he is required to be a professional while he is at work.
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I hardly think preventing oneself from drink driving at the 0.095 level when your legal limit is 0.00 approaches perfection, either.
Skiing is not illegal. In fact, if you were a Melbourne supporter, it would be mandatory. Getting 10 hrs sleep a night is not compulsory, although you might obtain it unintentionally if you set out to watch 10 hrs straight of AFLX.
I'd have to check what restrictions and penalties US athletes typically face. But typically they have no job security at all and can be cut from the roster at what we would consider to be very strange times.
my point wasn't that it is illegal. the point is that it harms my performance (but i still do it) which was the point of my last post (as i was responding to the point that Jordan is harming his performance and he owes it to us to be perfect because he is a professional getting paid... peanuts.
true of NFL, but not NBA and MLB which is all guaranteed money. Even NFL is guaranteed to a point now. getting cut doesnt mean you dont get paid. given the power of the players union in all sports, those clauses that someone cited are meaningless. A-Rod got suspended for taking drugs and still got his full $30 million per year, even though the yankees tried to terminate his contract.
Ben rothlesberger nearly killed himself on a motorbike in breach of his contract, he didnt get cut.
SIMPLE FACT - the quality of the player determines how strong a club enfirces this stuff. Jordan would likely be long gone if he behaved like Degoey but played like Broomhead or Wills