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Originally Posted by Wallcrawler
Not getting the hate for taking the money. At the end d of the day, this is his job. The point of a job I to make as much money as you can.
In an environment as violent and volatile as football, where your next play has a chance to be your last, you need to also get it as fast as you can.
Football ends. Taking less money for a "chance" at a championship is not good business when your talent level can bring you the kind of money and guarantees that he got, in a state with no state income tax.
I don't care for his whining, but I don't consider him taking that monster deal to be choosing wrong.
He made it. What's more, he earned it. Now, he wanted to have his cake and eat it too, and he's salty that it didn't work out, and he shoukd work on containing his crying. But he made the correct decision in the big picture.
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Taking a higher paying job isn't an automatic "right" answer unless there's an element of greed to it and yeah, I do think a lot of NFL players and owners let money motivate them more than anything else - that's greed.
In my own situation, I've had the chance to be promoted from an individual contributor to a people leader several times and I've turned down the money every time.
Why? Because the guys and gals above me make 25% more but work 25% more. They travel 75% more and they're in an office almost 100% more. In addition, 80% of them are divorced, alcoholics, or both.
Did Tyreek earn the money? Yep. Did Tyreek make the BEST decision for himself? You'd think so considering what he got paid but his CONTINUED comments about the team he WILLINGLY left suggest he feels at least a little bit that taking the money wasn't the best decision.