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Originally Posted by Arky
It's a business. He's a paid professional athlete. He's among the elite at his position and is paid accordingly. Everyone familiar with the NFL knows who he is and respects his accomplishments. Irrelevant he is not. In another forum, someone said he's Barry Sanders - Houston version. I agree.
What we got here is a disgruntled employee. And he's not disgruntled with his pay (or he shouldn't be). As of right now, he's got two choices: 1) Suck it up, honor his contract and come back to work and (hopefully) play with the same passion or 2) retire.
A third option is possible but would take negotiating. He could ask out of contract to seek employment elsewhere. The Texans don't have to sit down at the negotiation table if they don't want to.
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Much of what you write is inarguable. The difference of opinion that you and I have is that I am not bothered by his speaking out and you are. From the many things you have said on the subject over the years I side with barrett in thinking that the source of your annoyance is the amount of money he is paid.
This reminds me of the legions of fans who took the owners' side in the lockout, a horde of class-envious wage slaves falling for empty sophistry to side with a bunch of billionaires who'd as soon as piss on you as anything else.