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Show Me The MoneyShow Me The Money! By the show of hands, how many people would like to make more money? I’m sure quite a few of you would have raised your hands. Hell, I’ll even raise my hand; in fact, I’ll raise both. I’m sure most of you reading this article are not professional football players. We probably work as teachers, construction workers, behind a desk, etc... We probably are not making 3.4 million a year with incentives if you succeed your goals.
Show Me The MoneyI’m sure at the end of the year, your boss isn’t looking at your stats saying; “good job Johnson, you filed 89 papers for 1,250 people which goes way beyond your goal so here is an extra 200,000 dollars for you.” Or, “if you lead the pit in holes dug this year, you’ll see an extra 500,000 dollars at the end of the year.” It would be great if that were the truth wouldn’t it? I’m sure most of us would be a lot happier to get up in the morning when that damn alarm clock goes off. But most of the time, we aren’t complaining and we get up and go to work. We are making enough money to support the family, keep the bills paid, and basically live life. Show Me The MoneyOn Sundays, we get up and go make a few bets and watch NFL football because that is the sport we love. Most of us would probably give our left nut to play in the NFL. Hell, we wouldn’t even complain just suiting up and standing on the sidelines for one game. Coming from one average Joe to the next, isn’t it a bit upsetting to see these athletes complaining they are not getting paid enough or they want to reconstruct their contract or they will holdout till they get more money? To me, it really pisses me off. I know this is their job but if anyone of us does that we get canned just like that. Don’t get me wrong, I know they do more than just play in games because they have to work out and stay in shape and practice but basically they are doing what millions and millions of people wish they could do: play sports for a job. Show Me The MoneyWhat they do for a job is something that most of us do for fun on the weekends with our buddies. We put on our favorite player’s jersey and go to the park and run routes and score touchdowns and just have fun. Do the fans go nuts when we score a touchdown? Unless you count the homeless guy on the bench, probably not. Do we get paid millions of dollars playing? Hell no. Do we care? Not in the least bit because we are having fun and don’t care. NFL players - we know what you do is your job but have fun with it and don’t worry about money. What you do everyday is what millions of average Joes would love to do but since we can’t, we have fun on the weekend with our buddies. Stop complaining about the money and just play the game cause that is exactly what it is, a game. Dr. D is the brains behind the Thoughts and Ponder Section which can be read every week in Thehooks Book. Click to subscribe to the free ezine, Thehooks Book and read more opinions like, Show Me The Money.
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