Cleveland Browns: Pay for play or playing without pay?

Former MSU baseball player Rafael Palmeiro  February 15, 2019. Photo by Keith Warren

Does the NFL need a magic pill? 

We need not watch a Rafael Palmeiro commercial to know serious enhancement can come in small packages. But does the NFL really need to take that little blue pill to feel better about itself?

Goodell and his owner cronies signed a deal with the devil to increase their length of economic solvency. Their newfound fortunes will harden their credit scores bursting forth the seed money for new NFL revenue streams.

This enhanced NFL will boast more games.

This enhanced NFL will boast more money.

This enhanced NFL will boast more pleasurable fan experience.

And like Lord Farquad before him, Goodell will preside over a tournament to see who can be the last healthy player standing:

But those players left standing know this is a business. Business is all about making money. The more the NFL makes, the more the players will eventually make. They don’t mind playing more games, they just want paid for their efforts.

As Malik Jackson reminded us in his press conference:

"”I don’t mind playing and bringing in revenue. But to cut my paycheck from 1/16th to 1/17th – that is the problem.” – Malik Jackson"

If Goodell and his cronies want to make more money off the backs an already overworked and undervalued workforce, they ought to pay their labor for doing it.

But this more work and no pay scheme – that is the problem.