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Originally Posted by Detoxing
I heard it about 30 minutes ago on my lunch break.
His entire point has nothing to do with the Chiefs in particular. He's arguing that players should seek every dollar they can because they have a very, very limited opportunity to do so and owners can pull the plug on them whenever they want. Players have a chance to make millions while owners are reaping in billions.
He's not wrong in that assessment.
Where both he and Chris missed (surprisingly) is that the money not paid to Mahomes isn't just put into the owner pockets, it's distributed to players such as Kelce and Jones etc. I waited for Chris to hit Florio with that rebuttal but it never came.
And Florio is also not wrong in saying that it's not Mahomes' job to manage and draft. Veach and Reid etc are paid millions every year.
Mahomes is chasing legacy. He's in a unique situation. So he takes a pay cut. He's going for greatest of all time, not just get paid and retire. But for every other damn player, they'd be a fool to not chase the bag.
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Mahomes probably makes more endorsement money by winning Super Bowls than he could make in salary if he held out for the max and crippled the team. Even if you look at it purely from a financial POV, it still makes sense for him to give a team friendly deal.
Also for some players maybe Super Bowls really are more important than money. They've got enough to be comfortable for the rest of their lives.
Is Florio arguing that all players should to want to play on a dysfunctional team with no future like the Texans for $60M guaranteed vs. $55M guaranteed with a great team like the Chiefs? That's stupid. Plenty of players would rather take a little less to be happy.