Comments by "voteZDLR" (@voteZDLR) on "Why the NFL Should Be Scared of Chris Borland | FRONTLINE" video.

The NFL and football isn't going anywhere. I mean people DO know the effects but they don't care, it's such big business at this point that it's worth it to risk 22 people on the field's lives on a play by play basis so the thousands in the stands will be entertained. There's another reason why sports aren't going anywhere, it's the same reason Rome had the Colosseum and bread and circuses. On some level it prevents riots on a daily basis, literally. And yeah if you look at the people who play, it's mostly black people honestly. Or people who otherwise probably came from poor backgrounds. It's just like Biggie said "Either you're slinging crack rock or you got a wicked jump shot"
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As long as it is such big business that it can AFFORD to pay one person $3 million a year, it won't go anywhere. I don't care if the NFL sees a Chris Benoit type situation in the NFL (where he murdered his wife and kid before killing himself, most people believe it is directly linked to concussions he got wrestling) as long as the NFL is as profitable as it is, it won't be going anywhere.
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@erickirschenbaum2804 Correct Eric is right, that's in effect actually why Aaron Rodgers went 24 rounds undrafted as well. Rookies were too expensive then. The way it works now actually makes a bit more sense honestly and it allows teams to get great talent for cheaper at least for a while but when it comes time to look at those contracts again... if they're good they're gonna be worth more than what they'd have originally gotten just anyway so it's not even that the rookies are being ripped off, either. For the most part ;)
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Drank in my cup I agree, I mean is money everything? No but if you think you can be just as happy with or without it then you're either broke and content to be broke (so you'll stay that way, in effect) OR you were born with money and don't realize how happy it's made you your entire life. Money isn't everything but the lack of it I would argue is enough to make you more unhappy than you would be if you had a limitless amount of it with absolutely no worries in the world.
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