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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pokerbrat2000" data-source="post: 974272" data-attributes="member: 7261">I understand peoples sentiment about "the players who don't make enough to support their families when they are done in the NFL", but guess what, there are a lot of other jobs out there that they can do to pay the bills.  Why it looks so "sad" to many fans, is the fact that the top players are making $1-55 million per year.  Sorry, I just can't get into feeling sorry for a 7th round rookie that gets a few hundred thousand and then has to find other employment.  Injury fund, sure.  Millions to a guy that tore his ACL and no longer can play in the NFL?  No thanks. Support of players that are permanently unemployable due to an injury sustained while being employed in the NFL, you bet, I'm all for it!The pie has gotten too big and I have no problem with the way the owners and players split it up, I would just be a lot happier if either the pie was a lot smaller or bigger slices of that pie went to helping others that are outside the sport.  Yeah, yeah, I know....teams, owners, players all give time and money to charities, but when you make $50M a year, you need tax shelters and goodwill.Why is the pie so F-ing big?  Simple economics, the NFL has a product that people are willing to pour a ton of money into.</blockquote>

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