Comments on: Chris Paul and the players’ moral paradox

By: thatcomicmax

thatcomicmax — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:54:18 +0000

1historian- It is you and those like you that are driving this “cut” off my nose to spite my face attitude that is becoming more and more apparent and or wide spread among NBA players.

You can’t get by without my money???

The world is the players playground.In the past there were 29 viable options for a player to play for pay. Now ? there are to many team options or “Owners” to even list.

Players now have the opportunity to play in China , Israel , Russia , France etc… etc.. etc…
If you think that there are not “World” owners that will be willing to pony up the “big” money contracts for NBA caliber talent your fooling your self. The NFL players have no viable alternative to the League owners “my way or the highway negotiation tactics” But the NBA players???

What the NBA players CAN get by without is the – unprecedented hatred and many times unwarranted criticism that seems to constantly spew from “non” ethnic fans/ critics / journalists look at the comment section of any sports or for that matter political story and you see the RACIST garbage held back by little more than a computer keyboard … These days if a player who is a free agent decides to re-locate he ‘s no longer the person he was before the “decision” but someone who deserves scorn to be booed rooted against , deserves to have his effort doubted performance number skewed…
Meanwhile If a Nascar owner and his driver fight in pit row … well that will happen.

An NBA player gets a speeding ticket …. He’s a problem child

A Baseball player pulled over with drugs or DUI .. barely a ripple even after being selected Si Young …

No one is being fooled by these double standards there racist in the effect ( Not necessarily there intent ) But none the less “IT” is that attitude that has these players looking at options that aren’t in the US …

By: sham13ert

sham13ert — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:25:37 +0000

Happened to Baseball a couple of years ago, their attendance numbers still aren’t where they once were, but it took them several years to become profitable again…. oh that’s right, they had the home run derby season that brought fans back.

Now those players are testifying before grand juries.

By: davidly

davidly — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:30:04 +0000

Where would the owners be without the fans? Where would the owners be without the players? And the owners make the most money. You think the fans would benefit if the players buckled to every single whim of the owners? Think again.

By: ryanherrington

ryanherrington — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:46:06 +0000

You might want to consider supporting the owners here.

Profit margins show that almost 2/3 of the NBA teams lost money over the past few years. The NBA did get a ratings boost this past year (probably because everyone was so interested to Lebron fail). But the NBA lags way behind the NFL and is behind MLB.

The players keep wanting more money while their product is at best rising and falling barely on the mendoza line. The players need to recognize the truth.

By: acieu

acieu — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:01:19 +0000

Do you get paid to write this drivel? Most players are interested in how it affects them. As are team owners as for both the future is abstract. To think that a player will nobly forfeit $2.5 million to make it better for the next generation is like saying our current generation is ready to forfeit our current to resolve the national debt. Seems unlikely.

By: goforthanddie

goforthanddie — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 07:06:00 +0000

“Morality” has nothing to do with it, and Paul’s an idiot for going down that road.

By: craigw24

craigw24 — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 04:53:19 +0000

The real irony in all this is that the owners – the people only tangentially mentioned as the 3rd party in this article – are the people with the most power in this dispute. These are the people many, many fans side with. These are the people that will probably get the most out of this dispute – additionally, they want a guaranteed profit out of this contract.

Somehow, this 3rd party is also not very reputable to me and deserves even less sympathy that do the players. These are the people who want to be saved from themselves. These are the people who have apparently decided that they are willing to lose an entire year in order to break these “upstart” players.

This is a real mess, but I sure don’t side with the owners.

By: theghostofwillisreed

theghostofwillisreed — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 02:38:11 +0000

You cared enough to respond to this post. Yeah, that’ll show CP3 who the boss is…

By: 00maltliquor

00maltliquor — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 02:26:09 +0000

How super sweet would it be if the lockout went on, say, 1 year/season and when it came to an end we as fans went on a NBA lockout (aka strike) for the same amount of time and didn’t buy any tickets, or any sort of NBA paraphenilia at all just to stick it to them for being so greedy? Overall it would be a 2 year stint and would never happen, i’m just saying.

By: 1historian

1historian — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 01:51:19 +0000

CP – you are in no way as important as you think you are. We members of the gun-chewing public with whom you sympathize so profusely will be fine, thankyouverymuch.

Do what you gotta do but don’t fool yourself into believing that it means much.

Let me put it like this – we can easily get by without you but you CAN’T get by without – our money.