re: Many of you fail to realize that the NFL is a business

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I wouldn't expect any player to take a discount for the betterment of the team. The first thing they tell you when you enter the NFL is "this is a business". The organization isn't a charitable business, it's a profitable business. If my employer is making money off me, then I expect to make as much money as I can off of them. Who Dat!!!

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It is also a bottom line game. If Brees asks for enough where the team cannot land a decent #2 and some OL help and he has a mediocre year his value as a spokesman is affected. So there is a balance to be had. Anthony Davis took far less money to play for the Lakers because he calculated his outside income would increase.