Rookies

Hey, today Ben is bringing the blog of the day.

Why is it that some of the highest paid football players are rookies, who haven't even proven themselves in the NFL. With the NFL kicking off this coming week, I can't help but thinking how much Sam Bradford will be making by playing one game, when no one knows how well he will perform. Players like Chris Johnson, who have dominated the NFL the past couple of years are only getting paid the minimum, or a little more, while players like Matthew Stafford, who really haven't proven a whole lot yet, are making 12 million or more per year! How is this?

This conversation has been in effect for a couple of years now, but the problem is only getting worse, players are getting paid more and more, and most of them rookies. How do we know that these players will turn out to be good, there are many cases when they don't. Some examples include JaMarcus Russel, Chris Long, and Charles Rogers. All of these players have gotten huge salaries right out of the gate, and none have performed well so far.

We need to give the money to the players who have earned it, rookies should get minimum or a little above and that is it. It's ridiculous how much teams pay for the hope of a good player.