Comments on: Channing Crowder thinks some players will run out of money

By: txhc

txhc — Thu, 26 May 2011 06:53:47 +0000

In other news, water is wet.

By: MossMoon2Packers

MossMoon2Packers — Wed, 25 May 2011 16:56:59 +0000

Players’ 2011 salaries range from a minimum of $340,000 (for a rookie) to tens of millions of dollars (for elite players). I truly find it amazing that so many players seem to be living hand-to-mouth after blowing their phenomenal salaries on extravagant living. You’d think that most would be smart enough to save some money for their retirement or in the event of a career-ending injury or to survive a strike or lockout. Apparently not. Athletic skill and intelligence/foresight seem to be mutually-exclusive in many football players.

By: deadeye

deadeye — Wed, 25 May 2011 15:28:10 +0000

Players lamenting over lost paychecks, high interest loans, and boredom with no football. What a bunch of complete fools. I hope they all lose at least one paycheck.

By: ditkastache

ditkastache — Wed, 25 May 2011 15:23:52 +0000

I feel so cold and alone on the outside

By: dcryan82

dcryan82 — Wed, 25 May 2011 15:17:52 +0000

@ditkastache, jimmysee, garkeith, and clintonportisheadd

Crowder confused Anne Frank with Helen Keller a year or 2 ago.. That’s where the reference is from.. It’s an inside joke that you must be on the outside of… So instead of ripping it (because it’s actually funny), have some knowledge of the situation first.

By: mswravens

mswravens — Wed, 25 May 2011 14:52:09 +0000

Why does anyone listen to anything this chump has to say???

By: jbcommonsense

jbcommonsense — Wed, 25 May 2011 14:50:03 +0000

Sell the house, sell the car, get an apartment and an old used car, wait for negotiators to reach an agreement [at most, a lockout will last a year]. Problem solved.

By: cam3420

cam3420 — Wed, 25 May 2011 14:47:54 +0000

Mayb these idiots players talking bout going back to the bargaining table should stop telling reporters, but tell the god damn league u want to negotiate, it seems like stupid Goodell jus wants to go bck to the bargaining table also, soooo WTF is the problem GOOOOOO NEGOTIATE!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: purpleguy

purpleguy — Wed, 25 May 2011 14:28:43 +0000

I’ll bet some of the owners will too.

By: abninf

abninf — Wed, 25 May 2011 13:54:02 +0000

So get another job.

By: ditkastache

ditkastache — Wed, 25 May 2011 13:42:09 +0000

The moral of the story is: don’t buy a $100,000 car and a mansion, when you’re a rookie and the league is, very publicly, facing a looming lockout. If you can afford to spend your signing bonus on stuff like that, then you can afford to hire a financial guy to tell you that it’s a bad idea, too.

My guess is that Anne Frank, who was not blind, didn’t give a s**t about football, while she was growing up during the holocaust. Who knows, though.

By: jimmysee

jimmysee — Wed, 25 May 2011 13:12:56 +0000

ar1888 says:
May 25, 2011 6:42 AM

Even Anne Frank could see they will run out of money!

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Is that, apparently, from her attic hiding place in Amsterdam?

By: sterling7

sterling7 — Wed, 25 May 2011 13:01:00 +0000

Isn’t this the guy that said he spent a lot of money before being drafted because Mel Kiper predicted he would go a lot higher in the draft than he actually went? Then he blamed his money problems on Mel Kiper? I think there might be several intelligent NFL players who are currently playing, trouble is-try to think of just one of them who have not said something stupid or incredibly stupid. Why don’t you agents just tell your clients to “shut the hell up”!

By: vahawker

vahawker — Wed, 25 May 2011 12:45:17 +0000

Didn’t the players walk out of negotiations? Didn’t the players NOT make any counter offers? Didn’t the players run to court and file lawsuits? Isn’t it the players who won’t come back to the bargaining table(oh that’s right..no union, no one to negotiate with..who did that again?)

Look in the mirror, Mr. Crowder, and see why you aren’t having off season workouts and why the game is going to suffer

By: thevikes85

thevikes85 — Wed, 25 May 2011 12:36:02 +0000

Maybe,just maybe ari888 was joking about the time Crowder couldn’t tell the difference between anne frank and helen keller.welcome to the site jackasses.

By: realdeal12

realdeal12 — Wed, 25 May 2011 12:33:22 +0000

“as long as the owners won’t let us go to work it’s going to continue to hurt the game we love.”

This is the attitude of most of the players because DeMouth has poisoned their minds with his jibberish. Not until the players open thei eyes and realize that its their own leader thats preventing a solution.

By: joeflaccosunibrow

joeflaccosunibrow — Wed, 25 May 2011 12:22:58 +0000

Wow, what a ground-breaking comment. What’s next for Crowder, predicting the end of the world?

By: yzguy431

yzguy431 — Wed, 25 May 2011 12:21:52 +0000

they may start robbin’ an’ stealin’ instead of just running around shootin’ things up while dui.

By: garkeith

garkeith — Wed, 25 May 2011 12:11:06 +0000

The Anne Frank comment is one of the funnies things I have seen in a while. What a dumbass. People with intelligence that low should not get keyboards with their computers.

By: bluefan204

bluefan204 — Wed, 25 May 2011 12:09:12 +0000

Some of them already have, and it’s their own damn fault. Spend your money stupidly, and you end up looking stupid.

By: clintonportisheadd

clintonportisheadd — Wed, 25 May 2011 12:07:15 +0000

ar1888 says: May 25, 2011 6:42 AM

Even Anne Frank could see they will run out of money!

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Anyone stupid enough to confuse Anne Frank with (one assumes) Helen Keller should be immediately banned from the site.

By: iflounder

iflounder — Wed, 25 May 2011 11:58:11 +0000

i guess the first thing someone in that situation could do, if they’re cash strapped, is sell the 100,000 dollar car, and live within their means. or, maybe get a job until the labor situation is resolved instead of just depending on whatever little amount they banked. why am i supposed to feel bad for stupidity?

By: larryfinfan

larryfinfan — Wed, 25 May 2011 11:52:26 +0000

Well, Channing, you did it again. I agree with you, particularly the last paragraph of the article, but the problem isn’t that the owners won’t let you go back to work…the problem is that you’re NFLPA is too stubborn to get back to the bargaining table. That’s the ONLY way this will be resolved, the quickest way for it to get resolved and the best way…too bad players like you and many of the others won’t grow a pair and tell that idiot Smith to do what it takes…He’s in this for his glory, not for yours…

By: karlpilkington

karlpilkington — Wed, 25 May 2011 11:39:06 +0000

SO WHAT! LEARN TO LIVE WITHIN YOUR MEANS!!
I AM SURE PLAYERS KNEW THIS WAS POSSIBLE SO YOU SHOULD HAVE MAYBE PASSED ON THAT GOLD CHAIN OR NEW RIMS!!

When I hear things like this I do NOT feel bad for these guys at all.

By: winkeroni

winkeroni — Wed, 25 May 2011 11:23:19 +0000

Should I know who Channing Crowder is? Is he an All Pro or something?

By: madenatewell

madenatewell — Wed, 25 May 2011 11:20:38 +0000

Idk, when I was unemployed money just kept pouring in…lol no duh idiot that happens to everyone. No work, no pay. It’s not like just cuz Ur an athlete you get a slide….some peoples kids.

By: skoobyfl

skoobyfl — Wed, 25 May 2011 11:17:25 +0000

Ironically, Helen Keller texted me the same thing.

By: dd393

dd393 — Wed, 25 May 2011 11:15:57 +0000

Think of all the poor Escalade dealers who are losing all this income during the lockout.

By: evrybdyhas1

evrybdyhas1 — Wed, 25 May 2011 11:11:59 +0000

Couldn’t the players end the lockout by negotiating a new CBA?

By: eagleswin

eagleswin — Wed, 25 May 2011 11:11:04 +0000

As long as Brees, Manning, and Brady have money the lawyers will never give up the lawsuit. The rank and file have no say in the matter. You gave up your right to have a voice when you decertified.