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<blockquote data-quote="Pokerbrat2000" data-source="post: 1058558" data-attributes="member: 7261"><p>De'Vondre expressed, what I have always assumed exists in a lot of high money professional sports. I'm not backing De'Vondre for his comments, but anyone that thinks that all professional athletes are always out there giving their 110% are fooling themselves.</p><p></p><p>I use the term "Made Bank" a lot and this is exactly what I fear that it does to some. They get that huge contract, that they have been working all their lives towards, are now financially secure for 10 lives and decide its time to coast.</p><p></p><p>Now I doubt that there are a lot of athletes that intentionally coast once financially set. However, I have no doubt whatsoever, that for many, a huge carrot to motivate them is now missing and it changes them on and off the field. Maybe those aches and pains aren't worth playing through. Maybe that off-season program gets in the way of spending all that money and having fun. Maybe that fear of suffering a life changing injury sets in.</p><p></p><p>I think the Packers currently have a player on the roster that possibly falls into this category, but from what I am reading, he may not be with them much longer.</p><p></p><p>The NFL and other sports would better their games if they went to incentive based pay. Make players earn that money. Don't pay players based on what they are projected to do, based off of what they have done. Pay them when they actually do it. Will sports ever do this? Probably not, the players unions are strong and they will continue to point to the few cases where players lives are lost or tragically changed, as a reason that they need security and a kings ransom to be guaranteed, before they step on another field.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pokerbrat2000, post: 1058558, member: 7261"] De'Vondre expressed, what I have always assumed exists in a lot of high money professional sports. I'm not backing De'Vondre for his comments, but anyone that thinks that all professional athletes are always out there giving their 110% are fooling themselves. I use the term "Made Bank" a lot and this is exactly what I fear that it does to some. They get that huge contract, that they have been working all their lives towards, are now financially secure for 10 lives and decide its time to coast. Now I doubt that there are a lot of athletes that intentionally coast once financially set. However, I have no doubt whatsoever, that for many, a huge carrot to motivate them is now missing and it changes them on and off the field. Maybe those aches and pains aren't worth playing through. Maybe that off-season program gets in the way of spending all that money and having fun. Maybe that fear of suffering a life changing injury sets in. I think the Packers currently have a player on the roster that possibly falls into this category, but from what I am reading, he may not be with them much longer. The NFL and other sports would better their games if they went to incentive based pay. Make players earn that money. Don't pay players based on what they are projected to do, based off of what they have done. Pay them when they actually do it. Will sports ever do this? Probably not, the players unions are strong and they will continue to point to the few cases where players lives are lost or tragically changed, as a reason that they need security and a kings ransom to be guaranteed, before they step on another field. [/QUOTE]
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