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<blockquote data-quote="jaybadger82" data-source="post: 462011" data-attributes="member: 6211"><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">Sorry to keep replying with choppy quotations but it's the easiest way to isolate the points I'm responding to:</span></p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">I really dislike this characterization and, for me, this is akin to the time when some members of this community were labeled "haters" in one of our (beloved) Favre threads...</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">I haven't said a word about the union and I don't think acknowledging the objective disparity in bargaining position between players and teams when they contract makes me "anti-business." --Seeing as how the NFL largely operates in violation of United States antitrust laws, one might call the entire league "anti-business." It's a rather strange bird and its contract landscape is warped.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">Within the context of player/franchise contract negotiations, sure, I often sympathize with<span style="color: #000000"> players.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">Of course we can expand the definition of the word "security" to this fit this context if we try hard enough. But, just to reiterate, it's a misleading term that suggests a benefit that players are not actually assured. Whereas a term like "consideration" more accurately describes what players receive: they get paid.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">The term "security" glosses over the incredibly tenuous nature of NFL careers and, inherent in your construction above, the word implies a determination concerning how much money a player needs in order to be secure. I find such thinking rather anti-market and I believe individuals can determine for themselves how much they require to be "secure" in their livelihood. "Consideration" doesn't imply the same subjective valuation.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">Whatever the case, the widespread use of "security" for consideration received by players is a rather clear indicator that the NFL is winning the PR battle. It's a great euphemism from a management perspective, makes players seem like real ***holes when they hold out. And, hey, sometimes the player <em>is</em> being an ***hole.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jaybadger82, post: 462011, member: 6211"] [FONT=times new roman]Sorry to keep replying with choppy quotations but it's the easiest way to isolate the points I'm responding to:[/FONT] [FONT=times new roman]I really dislike this characterization and, for me, this is akin to the time when some members of this community were labeled "haters" in one of our (beloved) Favre threads...[/FONT] [FONT=times new roman]I haven't said a word about the union and I don't think acknowledging the objective disparity in bargaining position between players and teams when they contract makes me "anti-business." --Seeing as how the NFL largely operates in violation of United States antitrust laws, one might call the entire league "anti-business." It's a rather strange bird and its contract landscape is warped.[/FONT] [FONT=times new roman]Within the context of player/franchise contract negotiations, sure, I often sympathize with[COLOR=#000000] players.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#000000][/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=times new roman]Of course we can expand the definition of the word "security" to this fit this context if we try hard enough. But, just to reiterate, it's a misleading term that suggests a benefit that players are not actually assured. Whereas a term like "consideration" more accurately describes what players receive: they get paid.[/FONT] [FONT=times new roman]The term "security" glosses over the incredibly tenuous nature of NFL careers and, inherent in your construction above, the word implies a determination concerning how much money a player needs in order to be secure. I find such thinking rather anti-market and I believe individuals can determine for themselves how much they require to be "secure" in their livelihood. "Consideration" doesn't imply the same subjective valuation.[/FONT] [FONT=times new roman]Whatever the case, the widespread use of "security" for consideration received by players is a rather clear indicator that the NFL is winning the PR battle. It's a great euphemism from a management perspective, makes players seem like real ***holes when they hold out. And, hey, sometimes the player [I]is[/I] being an ***hole.[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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