Post by Rey Kahuka on Jul 20, 2018 18:48:58 GMT
You can quit Bank of America and go to another bank. But quitting the NFL to play in an inferior league or become a broadcaster is a major step down in prestige and salary, it isn't even close to being a comparable opportunity. Odd argument. As I already explained, anybody can be a branch manager for Bank of America; an elite pro athlete has specific skills that make him a commodity of significant value. It's entertainment and the athlete literally is the show.
But let's flip that argument around. Imagine the rest of the world worked the way pro sports do. To stick with the bank analogy, let's say I always wanted to be the branch manager of my local bank, but I got drafted by bank of America. I shouldn't be allowed to pursue an opportunity with my local bank? I should work at a gas station instead because hey, that's the choice I made by not wanting to work for bank of America. It's ludicrous.
How's the draft been working out for Sacramento? Switching formats literally could not be any worse for them. Players choosing their own destinies would probably have the same success rate as executives doing it.
Dynasties have ruled the early years of most sports league, pro or otherwise, and the popularity of those leagues was built on those dynasties. Competitive balance came along with free agency, by not allowing the one competent and/or financially secure team to hold onto the best players indefinitely.
Agreed, and that isn't what I set out to do. I'm looking at it from the player's perspective; from the average person's perspective. Any normal person would try to maximize their opportunities in life, pro athletes are no different.
Your 'fan' perspective treats players as property instead of accepting their rights as laborers. There's no reason a person should be forced to either work for the bank that drafted them or find a new occupation picking up elephant dung at the circus. Same goes for pro athletes. Suggesting they either play for one team or go become broadcasters is crazy.
As an aside, the NBA has only had 11 franchises win championships since 1980. 11 franchises in 38 years. Not much of an argument for competitive balance under the current format.
I realize that it would suck to get called into the office and told, "you've been traded to..." but it happens in sports and has been happening for decades. They all know this going in. If he doesn't like it then maybe he should choose another career or maybe he should have just kept his mouth shut about all this trade stuff, played the upcoming season with the Spurs and then left via free agency. He pretty much brought all this stuff on himself by saying, "I want to be traded." Did he expect San Antonio to just hand him over to whatever team he wanted? Imo he should just suck it up, collect his millions from Toronto, and go play in LA the following season.