rynoattack posted:The NFL has a lot of problems right now:
- Concussions
- Other Sports (Soccer & Lacrosse are gaining a lot of popularity)
- Anthem Protests
All of these reasons can only help baseball, because football fans are turning away. As far as concussions, there are a lot of former football players that don't want their kids playing football.
The NFL is brutal, from a player contract perspective.
Just read an article that Navarro Bowman was released by the 49ers. This guy does not have a guaranteed contract but he does have a contract through 2022 which (if it were MLB) would be worth around $31,000,000 to him. He came back from one of the most brutal knee and lower extremity injuries imaginable. Does so and then last year tears his achilles. Rehabs back from that and starts the first 5 games (0-5). Now he is released.
In MLB the team would have to honor his entire contract through 2022. NFL...not so much.
Bowman will have huge medical issues with that knee in 10-15 years. My guess is he will have to get a lawyer and fight for every day of treatment when that occurs.