Okay last time I checked NFL players make millions of dollars, even rookies make a couple hundred thousand in signing bonuses, so why are they all getting hurt.
Time to reassess the situation, if I'm a team owner, as callus as it may seem, I own you. No different than the US Government in regards to Air Force pilots or Marine specialists. This is why they put "dangerous hobby" clauses in contracts. Any player's off season conditioning program needs to be monitored by the team for progress or lack there of. I think it's about time that these players realize it's time to step it up.
I don't have a gym membership anymore, but yet I still maintain my body. Weight training, cardio and flexibility/stretching, it isn't that hard. Strained achilles tendons, strained ligaments, and groin pulls aren't from playing a rough contact sport, it comes from poor preparation, conditioning and maintaining one's body. I can buy a sprained knee for a running back or a deep shoulder bruise for a quarter back who just got his lunch force fed to him because his offensive line failed to block anyone, but come on I can run a full out sprint for 100 yards, much less 20, and not come up lame, it's all in the conditioning and preparation.
Finally while I'm at it...
Michael Vick is as guilty as anyone ever was, he's going to prison - that's a far better sentence than letting me get my hands on him, he's getting a break.
Tank Johnson, Chris Henry and Adam "Pacman" Jones, these three clowns need to get their head on straight and start to focus or the only way they'll see the NFL is to buy a ticket at the gate.
Before it all starts, all 32 teams have a chance, but by week 5 then we can start talking about who's shining and who's going to be looking forward to the draft.
