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CFL's most outstanding player moonlights as teller? NFL overpaid?

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  • The GipperT The Gipper

    @hoorta said:

    At the price Cousins is going to command, Haslam could easily buy a CFL franchise instead. 

    Curious......are there rules in Canada against "foreigners" owning CFL teams?   Sure...that could be Americans....but there are foreign owners of major league teams in this country.  (the guy that owns the Nets for example).

    And the discussion about JFF wanting $500,000.00 to play there?   With only a $5 mill salary cap...he would take up the great huge chunk of it.

    DieHardBrownsFanD DieHardBrownsFan wrote on
    #16

    @the-gipper said:

    Curious......are there rules in Canada against "foreigners" owning CFL teams?   Sure...that could be Americans....but there are foreign owners of major league teams in this country.  (the guy that owns the Nets for example).

    And the discussion about JFF wanting $500,000.00 to play there?   With only a $5 mill salary cap...he would take up the great huge chunk of it.

    I'm sure there are.

    "You planning on having a long relationship with that glass or are you going to drink it? Drink up, man. Maybe we can get another.” - Janis Joplin, 1970.
  • T TexasAg1969 wrote on
    #17

    Interesting observations on Manziel and the Browns from Brian Hoyer. Sounds like he has no animosity for his former teammate and also observes that the injury to Alex wrecked the team's offense because they could no longer run.

    http://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.ssf/2018/02/brian_hoyer_admits_johnny_manz.html

  • W wargograw wrote on
    #18

    My high school had a quote. "We're rich, we're white, we're Westlake." 

    Hey CFL. We're rich. We're, umm, majority white. We're the USA.

  • W wargograw

    My high school had a quote. "We're rich, we're white, we're Westlake." 

    Hey CFL. We're rich. We're, umm, majority white. We're the USA.

    nickersN nickers wrote on
    #19

    @wargograw said:

    My high school had a quote. "We're rich, we're white, we're Westlake." 

    Hey CFL. We're rich. We're, umm, majority white. We're the USA.

    You left out something.. "We're rich, we're white, we're Westlake." " And..." "We're Gay!!"

    Nickers...."There are no old running QB's in the NFL "~Sam Rutigliano~
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  • nickersN nickers

    @wargograw said:

    My high school had a quote. "We're rich, we're white, we're Westlake." 

    Hey CFL. We're rich. We're, umm, majority white. We're the USA.

    You left out something.. "We're rich, we're white, we're Westlake." " And..." "We're Gay!!"

    T TexasAg1969 wrote on
    #20

    @nickers said:

    You left out something.. "We're rich, we're white, we're Westlake." " And..." "We're Gay!!"

    "And we're Drew Brees + Nick Foles"

  • stillmotionS stillmotion wrote on
    #21

    We need to quit supporting Jimmy till he spends money and fields a competitive team.

    Jimmy's level of incompetence is staggering.

  • nickersN nickers

    @wargograw said:

    My high school had a quote. "We're rich, we're white, we're Westlake." 

    Hey CFL. We're rich. We're, umm, majority white. We're the USA.

    You left out something.. "We're rich, we're white, we're Westlake." " And..." "We're Gay!!"

    W wargograw wrote on
    #22

    @nickers said:

    You left out something.. "We're rich, we're white, we're Westlake." " And..." "We're Gay!!"

    Dang. Knew I missed something.

  • nickersN nickers

    @wargograw said:

    My high school had a quote. "We're rich, we're white, we're Westlake." 

    Hey CFL. We're rich. We're, umm, majority white. We're the USA.

    You left out something.. "We're rich, we're white, we're Westlake." " And..." "We're Gay!!"

    The GipperT The Gipper wrote on
    #23

    @nickers said:

    You left out something.. "We're rich, we're white, we're Westlake." " And..." "We're Gay!!"

    Which Westlake are you talking about.  The one on the West side of Cuyahoga Co....or one in Texass?

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  • The GipperT The Gipper

    @nickers said:

    You left out something.. "We're rich, we're white, we're Westlake." " And..." "We're Gay!!"

    Which Westlake are you talking about.  The one on the West side of Cuyahoga Co....or one in Texass?

    nickersN nickers wrote on
    #24

    @the-gipper said:

    Which Westlake are you talking about.  The one on the West side of Cuyahoga Co....or one in Texass?

    Uhmm Cuyahoga, Dude!

    Nickers...."There are no old running QB's in the NFL "~Sam Rutigliano~
  • nickersN nickers

    @the-gipper said:

    Which Westlake are you talking about.  The one on the West side of Cuyahoga Co....or one in Texass?

    Uhmm Cuyahoga, Dude!

    The GipperT The Gipper wrote on
    #25

    @nickers said:

    Uhmm Cuyahoga, Dude!

    I don't think that is the one they are talking about though.

  • The GipperT The Gipper

    @nickers said:

    Uhmm Cuyahoga, Dude!

    I don't think that is the one they are talking about though.

    nickersN nickers wrote on
    #26

    @the-gipper said:

    I don't think that is the one they are talking about though.

    It was meant in Jest , None the less...

    Nickers...."There are no old running QB's in the NFL "~Sam Rutigliano~
  • The GipperT The Gipper

    @nickers said:

    You left out something.. "We're rich, we're white, we're Westlake." " And..." "We're Gay!!"

    Which Westlake are you talking about.  The one on the West side of Cuyahoga Co....or one in Texass?

    W wargograw wrote on
    #27

    @hoorta said:

    Foles= overrated. great backup on a great team. 

    Agreed.

    @the-gipper said:

    Which Westlake are you talking about.  The one on the West side of Cuyahoga Co....or one in Texass?

    Here.

  • Tour2maT Tour2ma

    @mjp28 said:

    ...........Take three NFL Hall of Famers, for example. Giants linebacker Sam Huff won a championship as a rookie in 1956. His $7,500 paycheck barely covered New York City living expenses, so he returned to West Virginia over the summer and bagged groceries. Y.A. Tittle moonlighted as an insurance salesman and Oilers defensive end Elvin Bethea worked at a Big & Tall clothing store in the offseason. The manager initially placed the 6-foot-2, 260-pound Bethea in the front of the store to greet customers. But when too many fans stopped by to ask for autographs or simply gawk, Bethea was granted his wish to work in a back room.........

    Bethea played in the 70's... I'd be surprised if he had to "moonlight" to make ends meet.

    Off-season jobs out of necessity were common in the 50's.... were still a thing in the 60's. I wonder when they died off...

    One of the last "working" Browns that comes to mind is Paul Warfield. IIRC he worked for a car dealership trading his celebrity for learning the business.

    mjp28M mjp28 wrote on
    #28

    @tour2ma said:

    Bethea played in the 70's... I'd be surprised if he had to "moonlight" to make ends meet.

    Off-season jobs out of necessity were common in the 50's.... were still a thing in the 60's. I wonder when they died off...

    One of the last "working" Browns that comes to mind is Paul Warfield. IIRC he worked for a car dealership trading his celebrity for learning the business.

    I happened to see the Arena League players, wow those guys now all have to moonlight. They are paid per game!

    OH JUST stumbled into the AFL salaries, Australian Football League, they don't if they want. $xxx,xxx salaries. 

    Arena .......Before the league was reset in 2010, salaries were competitive. The league minimum for players was $31,000, though six-figure contracts weren’t uncommon, pushing the average salary near $80,000.

    Now, under a single-entity model where players sign contracts with the league, they make $830 a game — $775 for rookies, with quarterbacks earning an extra $250 per start. To offset the meager salaries, players are given three meals a day and have the option of renting an apartment provided by the team, and often arranged by the coach, for $600 per month.

    About half of the players on the Soul supplement their income with a second job, while all but two or three have assistance with housing. Around the league, players have been known to work as bouncers at nightclubs or personal trainers at local.......

    ........The AFL Players Association negotiates for players with the AFL on the topic of average salary. In June 2017, the AFL and AFL Players Association agreed to a new CBA deal which resulted in a 20% increase in players salary. The six-year deal, which begins in 2017 and ends in 2022 means that the average player wage rises from $309,000 to $371,000 and the player salary cap from $10.37m to $12.45m. In 2022, the final year of the agreement, the average player wage will be $389,000 with a salary cap of $13.54m.......... 😮

    GO BUCKEYES, BROWNS, INDIANS, CAVS, YSU, NAVY and yes I like ND!
  • mjp28M mjp28 wrote on
    #29

    Unless you are very well compensated you better love to play professional football even semi pro, you can get permanently hurt!

    GO BUCKEYES, BROWNS, INDIANS, CAVS, YSU, NAVY and yes I like ND!
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