Comments on: Lawyer representing Eller class threatens settlement

By: CKL

CKL — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:00:34 +0000

blackdb says:
Jun 29, 2011 7:12 AM
I played 3 years of Div 1 college football and suffered a career ending neck injury. Under the logic of former NFL players because it is a contact sport that caused the pain I feel basically every day I should be entitled to health benefits and such from the NCAA because I helped make it the money making monster it is today. Listen I agree that more needs to be done for the former players I just think sometimes they come off as very bitter about the salaries today and think they are entitled to a cut.
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First of all , I am sorry your career was cut short by injury. I hate to hear of that happening to anyone especially so early on.

The best thing I ever heard on the topic is this: someone asked Sammy Baugh if he was ticked off that today’s players made so much money compared to those of his era. Baugh, who was a funny, salty MFer who always spoke his mind, looked at the guy and said, “He** naw I ain’t mad. Ain’t an f****** thing I can do about it.”
Profane words of wisdom.

By: rpiotr01

rpiotr01 — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:29:40 +0000

Uhh, Fuzzy Thurston will take his new benefits in the form of a big check made out to “I.R.S.”….

By: dewalt2990

dewalt2990 — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:23:50 +0000

How can the retirees hold this up when their case is “borderline frivolous”? The CBA is between the NFL and the NFLPA*.

By: maximus50

maximus50 — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:18:21 +0000

Ok, retired players get over it. Maybe millions of adult Americans should sue the horrible companies they worked for when they got their first job while in high school. I think Burger King must owe me some money for my help laying the foundation for their success…….sound stupid? Well, that’s how stupid these guys sound over sour grapes they’ve been harboring for decades.

By: blackdb

blackdb — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:12:31 +0000

I played 3 years of Div 1 college football and suffered a career ending neck injury. Under the logic of former NFL players because it is a contact sport that caused the pain I feel basically every day I should be entitled to health benefits and such from the NCAA because I helped make it the money making monster it is today. Listen I agree that more needs to be done for the former players I just think sometimes they come off as very bitter about the salaries today and think they are entitled to a cut.

By: evrybdyhas1

evrybdyhas1 — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 10:17:25 +0000

More Crap pissing off the the doormat, economically challenged fans.

By: jimmysee

jimmysee — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 10:02:53 +0000

Carl Eller is s smart guy — I’m sure he sees this, too.

By: vahawker

vahawker — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 09:41:30 +0000

“We want substantial changes in all phases of the post-career life of retirees and those issues will be addressed.”

Then why didn’t they address that before they were former players?

By: jacksaysfu

jacksaysfu — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 08:27:20 +0000

I would like a bigger couch to sit on while i watch football , I think I should now have a seat at these settlement negotiations too !!

By: MichaelEdits

MichaelEdits — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 07:02:45 +0000

De Smith dethroned. Carl Eller, best hat ever.

By: SmurfJuice

SmurfJuice — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 06:08:45 +0000

Question #1: How much is the total cost of health benefits for every retired player, annually?

Question #2: How much money are the owners projecting to make under the proposed CBA?

Question #3: How much money are current players projecting to make under the proposed CBA?

You can’t each put aside 0.5% annually to help those who helped you earn that much money? Not to mention, help YOURSELF after you retire and your body is no longer fit for the club scene, VH1, or even your own home?

By: transam7816

transam7816 — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 05:41:19 +0000

Your story is borderline frivolous

By: hobartbaker

hobartbaker — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 05:20:07 +0000

The Devil went down to Georgia after Carl Eller told him not to show his splotchy face in the Midwest again.

By: footballisfun

footballisfun — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 05:12:20 +0000

I loved watching him play. Loves me some Purple People Eaters.

By: hobartbaker

hobartbaker — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 05:10:31 +0000

Grim Reaper has been to Eller’s house a few times, but he can’t work up the courage to knock on the door. Once Carl came out while the Reaper was hanging around outside and demanded to know what he was doing there. Grim got really scared and just croaked out “Trick or treat?”. Eller glared at him and said “Get lost, kid, don’t you know it’s March?”. So he did.

By: bronco1st

bronco1st — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 04:15:29 +0000

Hausfeld is sounding a little cranky, time for a dydi change.