Today's Agenda: Extremely Greedy Athletes

For anybody that's been keeping up on sports news over the past year, then you are well aware of just how unbelievably money hungry these fuckers can be.  They make way to much money as it is.  I mean, they some of these guys $800,000 to over a million dollars to do nothing but sit on the bench as a 2nd or 3rd string player.  The first strings can make upwards of 7 million dollars and more.  And now, while the economy is in a struggle, and unemployment at its highest, with people struggling to make ends meat and pay their mortgages and bills, these assholes, both in the NFL and NBA, go on strike with these lockouts in an attempt to make even more money!!!  Every single one of them, guaranteed, already has more money than they know what to do with.  If anything, the NFL and NBA presidents should have gone on their own lockout, and told the players "You know what we just realized.  We are paying you guys way too much to just play a game.  So, your gonna have to take about a 6 million dollar pay cut before we can start another season."  Now we've lost too months worth of this years NBA season for greed.  All this does is piss the fans off because now we've lost almost 20 games.  Do they not know that the fans are the ones who provide the money for their outrages paychecks?  So they finally came to an agreement, they get more money, which undoubtedly is going to raise ticket prices, which again leads me back to my first poing.  THE ECONOMY IS DOING TERRIBLE!!!  Do they care if their fans who are already struggling with money, might have to pay even more to come watch them play?  Of course not.  They care about making 10 million dollars instead of 8.  I mean, how can anybody be expected to survive on a measly salary of 8 million dollars?(sarcastic comment lol)  I know that they don't all make that much, but some do, and the lower paid ones as I said before, are benched most the season or make at least 1 million.  It's just stupid to me.  But, what pisses me off even more than these greedy motherF*****s, is when a player is drafted out of college to a pro team, with an already well paying conract, and these pieces of shit hold out for more money!!!!  Are you fucking kidding me?!!  You are being given the opportunity of a lifetime, that statistics say only 3-5% of sports players who start in high school get, to join a professional team, and you want more money before you even start?  These owners and coaches don't know your skill set or adaptability to their teams, they're already being more than generous in allowing you to put on one of their jersey's.  Yet, these teams go for it.  Perfect example of this strategy working very well for the player, and being a complete bust for the team, is former raiders quarterback Jamarcus Russell.  Besides Ryan Leaf, he has to be the worst thing to ever happen to football.  He was drafted in the first round, which is an honor all in itself, and he holds out and refuses to play for half the season, Until finally, Al Davis awards him with a ridiculous, 56 million dollar contract, 40 of which was guaranteed money!!!  SERIOUSLY??!!  So this fat, unmotivated, piece of shit quarterback gets almost more money than some of the best in the league, and leads the Raiders through several terrible seasons, the best of which was 5-11.  Luckily, they raiders made the best decision since the hiring of John Madden, and got rid of his ass.  They all eventually get what they want though, because if they don't play, then the owners don't get paid either.  Our society is backwards, we pay people who are out having a good time playing a game millions of dollars, while the people who really make a difference in the world like school teachers, who are the ones responsible for the future of the world, and police officers that put their lives on the line every day to protect us, measly bullshit salaries, that don't even begin to match up with the services they provide.  I don't agree with the greediness, but I do enjoy watching the game.  Does that make me a hypocrit? What do you think?