when young players like arian foster and lesean mccoy make $500k per year, they have a right to complain.

when a guy like osi makes multi-millions on a contract extension HE SIGNED, he won’t get any sympathy.

The deal was the same then as it is now.

Elite sports athletes deserve every single cent they get and more. This idea that athletes are paid way too much for just playing a game is so passe and foolish.

Pro sports leagues and teams in america like the NFL are a massive business that generates billions of dollars and the athletes deserve to get a good portion of the profits. In this case and in most cases, The athletes get a very small percentage of what’s made and the athletes are so elite and special in their field that they deserve to be rewarded in accordance with what their unique skills produce. The average person does not possess the skills that these unique athletes have. It’s an extremely small of percentage of the population that have the skill set to play pro football.

In a football player’s case. They should always look to be compensated in accordance to what the market is for their respective position and skills.

The Osi case is a tough one because he agreed to and signed a deal and now wants more money. Osi Umenyiora is an elite player at a premium position. He signed a contract and is looking for a raise. That’s not uncommon in any field of work. He shouldn’t be hated upon because he is looking for better compensation in a field where the life span of a career is very short. Whether he deserves that raise or not is a different story but he deserves to make the money that he makes and he is well within his right to look for a raise in pay. Whether or not he gets it is a different story.

If you say “he signed it, too bad”, I hope you are not also the type that say, he sucks…cut him. Otherwise, you are a hypocrite.

It’s not like he’s getting screwed from his rookie year contract when they really are underpaid once they start performing. No sympathy.

The deal was great because Osi is simply a one trick pony. He’s fast and explosive and great at strip sacks. However, he isn’t strong and because of that he struggles against the run and at times even if he can get a lineman moving backwards on a bull rush attempt he can’t maintain it.