re: Malcolm Jenkins uncomfortable playing football this season, says football is non-essential

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If that attitude spreads he’ll end up seeing how non essential his profession will become

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Yeah, and let's just gloss over the rest of the jobs that sports creates - concessions jobs at stadiums, memorabilia shops, restaurants and bars in the area and ones that are filled with fans all over the country to watch on television, broadcast jobs, advertising dollars, cameramen, support staff for that, parking, gasoline for folks traveling to and from games, hotels, etc. etc.

To pretend it's just a game and the consequences of not having are minimal is very obtuse and ignorant.

So a lot of minimum wage low paying jobs.... Filled with temporary workers

He must have a lot of money in his account for him to be talking this shite, I’ll never express sympathy for pro players ever again when they whine about contract talks hereafter

I’m not comfortable working either...until I remember I need money and go back to work.

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So a lot of minimum wage low paying jobs.... Filled with temporary workers

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Nice “i make 6 figures” brag

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He must have a lot of money in his account for him to be talking this shite, I’ll never express sympathy for pro players ever again when they whine about contract talks hereafter

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Will have made 90 million dollars when this contract is up

How much more privilege does this dude want

If Jenkins isn't willing to play and forfeited his money, cool. It's the younger players who are playing for that next contract that matter here, and its borderline irresponsible for Jenkins to talk for them.

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Well, he's a multi millionaire, so yeah, a paycheck for him is non essential.

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The chances are he'll be broke within 5 yrs of leaving the game. Unless he's driving a 10 yr old car and socking all his money away in retirement funds, his expenses dictate he needs this paycheck.

I expected his reasoning to be silly but he actually sounds pretty realistic and humble in that statement, whether you agreed with his premise or not

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So a lot of minimum wage low paying jobs.... Filled with temporary workers

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Airlines and airline workers, restaurant owners, bar owners, broadcast networks and their employees like cameramen, television and radio advertisers, hotel owners, medical staff, trainers, hospitality staff, security, referees, and on and on...soooo, maybe not all low paying jobs filled with temporary workers. Lot of people affected and a lot of business hurting and closing. Essential is pretty relative, maybe to Jenkins it's not essential. But to others it is....a lot of others.