Pro athletes should be paid the millions they are worth.

Just something that's on my mind, earlier people where complaining in my class about how much NFL NBA MLB players earn. Which I completely disagree with. What people don't understand, do you know how great you have to be to become a professional athlete? It's a reason why 1,000's of people can play a college sport, but only around 200 athletes get drafted into the NFL every year, but it doesn't stop there, you have to make the team also, so for those who are drafted make the team and peform acceptional at the next level it's not an easy thing do. Give them credit 1,000's of football athletes enter the draft every year, out 1,000's among 1,000's you were choosen among the elite 200 college students to go pro. It's insulting to say this to an athlete they don't deserve to get the money the make, let me ask you this, say you wanted to become a Doctor, you went through 4 years of college, 3-4 years of med school, and you have to put in at least 2, 3 maybe 4 or more years to be considered a doctor. Now you did all of this and now your making 6 figure salaries, but then a person says oh you don't deserve it, you put in so much work to get where you are today, but because a person who works 8 bucks an hour wants to complain because Eli is making around 100 million, get over it, maybe you should of worked harder in school to become something.
And think about this people, the NFL MLB and the NBA are multi billion dollar organization, owners, general managers make more money then NFL players will ever see. With this in mind, what are you guys expecting athletes to earn a year? 50,000 a year no, 100,000 no, to pay these athletes 5 or 6 figures is an insult, it's criminal. These athletes generate so much money, so much revenue through the NFL video games, jersey and other products, ticket sells and way more, and also the players have to perform to perfection, do you really think it would be justified to pay Payton, Eli, Drew Brees, Tom Brady, do you think it would justified to play them 5 or 6 figures? No, no it wouldn't. The NFL use these players to make money, so you have to pay them millions and millions of dollars, and honestly people just stop complaining, because no matter how much you complain and whine, your still gonna watch the NFL or NBA or MLB. You don't like a rookies 72 million dollar contract your still gonna play or play against him in the madden game... just get over it. If you work hard, you deserve the money. Oh and another thing, I get people who ask well why don't the WNBA or the CFL or whatever, why don't they get the NFL contracts? Really, how many of you, let me ask you how many of you rush home from work, or from where your going to watch the Connecticut Suns vs the LA Sparks? Or to see a CFL game? Non of you, non of you do. If the WNBA was a bigger Market than the NFL which it will never be bigger I'm not being mean just how it is, nothing will beat out the NFL, but if it was a bigger market then the NFL the women of the WNBA would get the Kobe, Lebron contracts, but they don't cause it doesn't make that revenue as the more recognize sports teams out there, not to be mean. So like I said, people just stop complaining, your still going to watch football and basketball, the world won't end, just big time athletes get big time money, the way it's always been and it will stay that way. for my next blog, i'm going to address the issue in collegiate sports football and basketball, should players be aloud to leave early for the pros? is the rule to benefit the players or the organization? and my blog following that one will be the issue on whether college athletes should be paid while attending and playing in school. please leave comments let me know how your thoughts and opinions, this is Wayne signing off.

Tebow, Bradford, and McCoy they can do what people say they can't

This is Wayne with a sports update. I wanted to talk a little bit about what's going on in college football, but wanted to focus on 3 quarterbacks from the 09 season it's just been on my mind, Sam Bradford, Tim Tebow and Colt McCoy. All 3 great college quarterbacks, all 3 had a goal for the 09 season, to when a National Title, improve draft stock, but all 3 wanted to end their colleges careers with a bang. But due to the events that happened these past few months going back to September, with Sam Bradford hurting his shoulder in the first game of the season, Tim Tebow losing out on the chance to make history with 3 National titles to add to his resume, not only that people are starting to doubt whether Tim Tebow can become a NFL starting quarterback in my opinion I believe he has what it takes to become an NFL starting quarterback.
Then with Colt McCoy, I felt he was the best quarterback of this 09 season, but me personally I really feel for this guy, throughout his college career he's come up short for the Heisman trophy twice, then finally gets a shoot at the National Title and gets a freak injury to the shoulder and was unable to play his final college game.
The 3 of these players can definately make it as NFL starting quarterbacks, but honestly if it were me in their shoes I would of entered the 09 NFl Draft, last year Tim Tebow would of been the number 1 overall pick, Sam Bradford decided to stay along with Colt McCoy, and now you see why people such as Mark Sanchez decided to leave because if he would of stayed, he's draft stock would of gone done being that USC had an off season this year due to so many young players on this team. But with Tim Tebow losing to Alabama in the SEC Championship game is making a big impact on how people see him as a future quarterback at the next level due to his long release and so on, but dude to his hardwork ethic I have no doubt in my mind that he will become a starting NFL quarterback, will he start this year in the 2010 season? Maybe yes maybe no, he has to start from the bottom up, if I was an NFL coach I would do just as he started out in Florida, let him play preseaon and the regular season mix him in and out in a way the Eagles rotate Mcnabb and Vick, slowly but surely he will advance.
With Bradford and McCoy, they both get unfortunate injuries and all of a sudden everyone believes they can't take a hit. People remember this is football ok, they both play Division 1 football this is pretty much the big leagues of college athletics, injuries are going to happen, no matter how great you are an injury will happy it's unfortunate. The same way Tim Tebow was regarded as unstoppable, he gets one bad hit doing a game resulting in a concusion everyone now doubts he can take NFL big hits. You have to understand this is one of the most dangerous sports out there, even an elite football player as Tom Brady gets wacked every now and than, so to assume their not tough and to say that their draft stock will go down is just crazy to think that.
And going back to Tim Tebow, if it's not broke don't fix it, he knows how to win games, 2 National Titles and a Heisman Trophy has broken pretty much every record at Florida, it's not a fluke why he's gonna be considered one of the greatest to ever play in college. Work with him, teach him a quicker release and get him the game experience, you can't just go off and say move him to Hback, he has the drive so let him drive to become a NFL quarterback it can be done.