Not a horrible salary for the time but definitely not enough to support yourself after your retirement from all those injuries. The guys who made the league made crap money, while Mark Sanchez made 17 million in 2009 as a rookie. If they became salaried and benefitted employees then the HOF owns their time to a degree and they can wind up required to go to things they might gave wanted to skip. I can’t get over the greed. i guess that same brain damage kept them from getting any kind of job after they retired, in their 30s. Insanity from the lunatic left as usual, a salary?? Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. The proxy must be sent to every shareholder in advance of the company's annual shareholders meeting. i can see health insurance… but i have an idea, put your money away for retirement, you know your career is not long!! What a bunch of entitled Millennials…oh…wait a minute. Apparently the vast majority of NFL players did not major in economics, or didn’t even take a basic economics class in HS or college. I guess guys that made far above even the highest paid salary of regular workers should have planned ahead or had financial advisers to help them if they weren’t smart enough . The Hall of Fame staff asked him to … Gee, who will end up paying for this? Sounds like the entitlement crowd is getting bigger. Earl Campbell – $25 Million So, if your demands aren’t meet you are not showing up for next years HOF ceremony…oh how tragic. 10 years) might be in order, and may exclude some players mentioned, like Jim Brown. Is NFLPA too divided in its stance against NFL? The Cardinals already offer this to all their players. I almost always side with players, but the NFL can’t possibly be tasked with providing salaries & health insurance to former players, Mostly because it would have to either be for all former players or no former players. Wow…just wow. A group of Pro Football Hall of Famers sent a letter to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, NFLPA executive direction DeMaurice Smith, and Pro Football Hall of Fame president David Baker… smh As for an annual salary, yeah, forget it. View David Baker’s profile on LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional community. So they made the HOF…they should get PAID for it? More like 40 million, if not more. Also, proxies must disclose specific detailed information regarding the pay practices for certain executives. Medicare is a socialist policy. I personally like seeing the players compensated properly. I agree that Roger Baddell is grossly overpaid, but these players made millions of dollars in their careers, so they should have planned accordingly. ROFLMAO. Obviously few of these guys can save on their own. Other Compensation covers all compensation-like awards that don't fit in any of these other standard categories. Noticeably missing from the list of signees is Gale Sayers who was paid a mere $275,000 over the span of his career. If you can’t see the correlation? ALL former NFL players should have access to/ be provided health insurance. Where’s TO? September 18, 2018 at 10:14 am, Show me a socialist and I’ll show you a lazy entitled person. tomorrow is pay day. Few other professions have as short of shelf life and take a toll on your body. Let me get this right, MLB has health benefits for all its players but WOE is ME if the NFL is asked to provide benefits to those who played and built the game up. It’d be a nice move to offer lifetime healthcare for all the really old guys who didnt make any money in the league. I think they should be paid for their appearances in official NFL activities, but demanding an annual salary and health insurance is ridiculous. For a player making $25 million in career earnings, that would be $52,083 a month for 40 years. all money draining ventures. IT ISN’T THAT HARD TO PLAN YOUR RETIREMENT!!! Some of these players should be happy they even made the HoF (Joe Namath) and just enjoy what that honor has brought them. (This may already be happening too.). But fans are outraged that former players ask for healthcare and money for continual use of their likeness. Is this a joke?? ___________________________________. A salary and health benefits for being in the HOF, are you kidding me?? That they would ask for this while leaving all the non-HOF players out in the cold is kind of baffling and off-putting. —————— In general, I agree, but there’s a line to define between “retired player” and “washed out” because I don’t think the NFL should be required to pay lifetime benefits to every former player who may claim to “retire.” A minimum time playing (e.g. mogogo1 says: On a different note, it’s funny how all these clowns were bad mouthing TO for not attending the HOF this year, now they plan too. This is in my top 3 of all time dumbest requests ever. You are giving the everyday NFL fan another good reason not to show up on Sundays. Obviously you have no clue what socialism or communism are. MAYBE when the next contact between players and owners is negotated, they can get that worked in. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Don’t blame others you wasted it. In a letter to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith, Hall of Fame president C. David Baker, and Dickerson, chairman of the Hall of Fame board, stated Hall … or so with all of those “lazy and entitled” people. It’s called financial planning… I have to do it, hell almost all of us on this site need to! Then you get the players that only last the league average of 3 years. These are elite players that already profit off something they were GIVEN after their careers were long over. Character, perseverance, a cut above the rest of your peers. They didnt save any money to afford their own?They havent gotten employment post playing career to help afford their own? How they extended him at that price is a mystery given the current issues the league faces. Got it. The proxy statement's main purpose is to alert shareholders to the annual meeting and provide them information about the issues that will be voted on during the annual meeting, including decisions such as electing directors, ratifying the selection of auditors, and other shareholder-related decisions, including shareholder-initiated initiatives. I doubt that they get what they’re looking for. Why should HOF retirees be treated better than any other union “brother”? It is pretty stunning that players who last in the league 3 years get only 5 years of medical insurance after they retire. It is embarrassing that some of these “legends” live in poverty. I hope each and every one of them never shows up to another HOF ceremony. I agree that Goodell is ridiculously overpaid. And these were the same guys bashing TO for being selfish? Because they see the funds in the NFL’s bank account and feel it is theirs to take? September 18, 2018 at 11:05 am. One is the presence of Taylor on the list. I am not against them, but I don’t understand why they should be getting a Salary. I would get this if it was for all players. What Goodell or anyone else gets paid has ZERO relevance. This is a by-product of allowing the players to kneel. The union is made up of “Some Guy” players. You people act like these players are coming for your personal money under your mattress. NUTS to the HOF members getting an annual stipend/salary. Hell no. Why are we even talking about this? Let me check to see if any of my previous employers are doing well. Media members could decide who will have an annual salary. The NFL has never done the right thing for the players…ever hence why they have to walk out to get any movement on things they need contractually. They get “spat out” fabulously wealthy and set for life, which equips them to handle life’s challenges to a degree most people will never know. ALL former players should get health insurance. Does anyone really care if these bozos show up or not for the HoF ceremony. bri55mn says: And I demand dinner and a romantic evening with Salma Hayek. Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Why do they think they deserve a pay check from the Hall for DOING NOTHING? The biggest stars, therefore the highest paid during their careers want benefits for themselves and not even a mention of the poor shmucks who made their HOF careers possible? Then an injury or you just can’t cut it and the money dries up if you don’t change your lifestyle which many of them don’t. Most of the players on that list made out pretty well for themselves and still get great endorsements. irrational to say the least. They earnt loads compared to the likes of you and me in the last few decades, now they want more because they didnt control their finances properly ? From an OJ SIMPSON ARTICLE: So Simpson could get about $47,000 a year going forward. Private pay insurance from a former employer is not. If you didn’t know that football had long term health issues, then you probably had a brain injury before you even got to the NFL, Fidel Goodell: “sorry guys…all of our cash is tied up in social justice issues.”. It’s a giant can of worms. What happens if the league says no? Lazy is not knowing the meaning of a word. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Luckily for them, they planned for the future, but you can’t expect that from most young people, especially those living on a day-to-day basis. The profit margin for teams, taking Green Bay as an example, is about $30MM per year, per published reports. Should not be feeding his family getting paid by a league he is crapping on off camera. “Union brothers. Hypocritical? —- Pretty tough to get the 4th largest economy in the world with a population of only 80 mill. Did the calendar suddenly flip to April 1st and I missed it? Thorough reviews have been conducted to assure this data accurately reflects disclosures. Last week, the Hall of Fame Village announced the hiring of former Walt Disney Co. executive Mike Crawford as CEO of the project. 1) Off the cuff it just smells like a shakedown and consequently I hold zero sympathy for it. I get paid 366.40 per pay check and somehow, I manage. It is pretty stunning that players who last in the league 3 years get only 5 years of medical insurance after they retire. These dudes have bitten off of the apple of greed and entitlement. They can afford their own insurance. It’s like congress not participating in any healthcare or social security that the rest of us have….. Just like Sears and JC Penny. NFL paying HEALTHCARE That would get them to Medicare/Social Security age. You’ll be fine. Entitled, pompous, jerk off. No way the current NFLPA even considers this. Started his career in Green Bay and once was asked to go in for 7 on 7 drills at pratice by then QB coach Steve Mariucci and said “I’m not going in there. And now they want money just for being in the HOF? That is just ridiculous and disgusting. a salary for life. Yes, you in back.”, Guy in back: “I’ve played for 10 years and I’m crippled up. Let’s not act like any work force is well compensated. He was traded mid-season at the end of his career, but failed his physical due to a neck condition that left him vulnerable to being paralyzed if he took a shot to the head or not. David Baker has received a five-year extension to serve as the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s President & CEO. 50M/year, private plane for life and the best healthcare for life…. John Randle – ?? These players have a lot of medical issues and the NFL has made so much money off what these players accomplished. Carl Eller – ?? But you are OUT OF YOUR MIND if you think you should get a salary. You’re not a government worker. Crazy. ——————————————————————————————–, Find me one person here who thinks that is fine…. It hasn’t been the HOF for at least 15-20 years. The recipient of “the catch” made 60k a year. Marshall Faulk – $12 Million 3) Lawrence Taylor, as is anyone else in the world, is allowed to change his mind. Pay for it yourself. Ratings are down. They must be Bernie Sanders voters. Show me a socialist and I’ll show you a lazy entitled person. Maybe I can mooch some money off them. tylawspick6 says: A friend of our family was on the Raiders team that won XV. The nfl has been extorting its fans for years and you fans side with the league over the ex players, the nfl just recently started paying taxes, and after the vote to move the Raiders to Vegas every owner got $150m just for voting whether they were in favor of the move or not. What? September 18, 2018 at 9:21 am I get wanting health insurance, since playing the game may cause chronic injuries. Tell the self appointed elitist inductees they can split those proceeds…. —————————- Whoever brainwashed this many Americans into believing that proper health care is a privilege that people should pay through the nose for their entire lives deserves an award. Their arguments do not make sense. No longer. September 18, 2018 at 9:21 am They deserve insurance at the very least. = He managed to save enough to send his 4 kids to college and retire comfortably. Seriously, if you want to involve yourself in the national conversation, get a basic grounding in these terms. If they just want a salary for being a Hall of Famer, that really doesn’t make sense. One announcement: Even back when players were making $20,000 my Dad ( middle class guy ) was making $10,000. Funny how the last generation to get PENSIONS are always talking about millenial entitlement who pay into social security but likely will not be able to receive it back. If you want a salary get a job, lots of businesses (radio, tv, or anything sports) would love to have an ex-nfl player. How much do the HoFers “deserve”? The NFL Hall Of Fame is about what you did ‘on the field’ as well as who you are ‘off the field’ to an extent. mcjon22 says: Is this a joke? Nah. On the other hand, the players represented in the Hall have profited because of their status as members of the HOF. Even health insurance – again, they’re all wealthy, unless they squandered it. – Maybe they pay all or some of these players an “Ambassador” bonus if they help promote the team through personal appearances, marketing and community service. Protect the guys who risked their health in order to bring the organization billions and work harder to make sure these guys can stay gainfully employed once their careers are over. Because in ‘Murica, billionaires are off limits. Every union in all the other pro sports league have put the NFLPA to shame when it comes to providing for their members even though the NFL revenue stream is well above all of the other leagues . Second, Kinda think they knew the risks. Of this total $141,345 was received as a salary, $0 was received as a bonus, $0 was received in stock options, $0 was awarded as stock and $0 came from other types of compensation. I’m sorry, but getting selected to the HOF is an award, not a job. Who do you think you are…….politicians???? Retired are also over-mouthy, and do not deserve money just because of a gold jacket Partially paid health insurance? Don’t they deserve anything? mogogo1 says: But fans are outraged that former players ask for healthcare and money for continual use of their likeness. According to Arash Mazaki of ESPN, David Baker and DeMaurice Smith will boycott their Hall of Fame induction ceremonies. ” A large portion of these players, even the HOF players made very little money while they played. Obviously you have no clue what socialism or communism are. Mel Blount – ?? I believe there is a health care pool for retired players. This is crazy. It was all handled by the team. That’s a no-brainer. Terrell made note that the HOF is remarketing these players, glorifying their careers and continuing to make money off of their labor without further compensation. You may also find the annual proxy statement by going directly to the company's website. Now they think they are entitled to protest anything and everything they want. Not an unreasonable request….err, demand.
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