NeptunePenguins Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 (edited) With Charles Barkley and Michael Jordan talking about load management and LeBron missing time with injury and Mahomes winning a Super Bowl on one leg it is time to talk about this. A lot of players get injured and miss time. For more serious injuries okay whatever, but a lot of players get barely injured and miss time and that is bad for the product. The league is greedy and wants to make profit so less games won't be played. I feel by forcing players to play when injured would be great for all leagues and banning load management for the NBA and NFL. Don't ever let healthy players rest, as that is bad for the product. Look at the Colts in 2009, tarnished their legacy by load management. Look at Favre and McNair, they played with basically half a body at times. If they can do that, then anyone can. They make millions and medicine is better than ever. Plus Michael Jordan is the King of Sports, and if he says LeBron is soft, then he is right. Plus you can barely tackle players like you used to, so injuries just doesn't happen. Here is my solution. For every game you are able to play but miss, you should get 10 percent of your salary for that year taking away for the year until around 70 percent. If you miss 7 games then you only make 30 percent of your yearly salary and the rest goes to charity. That is for the NBA and NFL. Edited February 28, 2023 by NeptunePenguins 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawgX Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 That would go over well. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeptunePenguins Posted February 28, 2023 Author Share Posted February 28, 2023 1 minute ago, DawgX said: That would go over well. Michael Jordan would say so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_shadows Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 So what if a team forces a moderately injured player to sit out of fear of making things worse? Do they have to pay him an extra 10% on his salary? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeptunePenguins Posted February 28, 2023 Author Share Posted February 28, 2023 3 minutes ago, rob_shadows said: So what if a team forces a moderately injured player to sit out of fear of making things worse? Do they have to pay him an extra 10% on his salary? Injuries are part of the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWil23 Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 I’d argue most moderately injured guys do already play in the NFL. Every game matters, unlike the garbage product that is the NBA regular season. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGold Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 Off-season hit quick this year 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Soko Posted February 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2023 That’s one of the dumbest ideas I’ve ever heard, genuinely. 27 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadpulse Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 forcing people to perform injured feels a little.... like owners becoming more of an apt term 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soko Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 Also completely incomparable sports. Of course NFL players have to deal with more injuries with there being so much more contact - but that said, they get helped out by the number of games. In the NFL, let’s say you’re nursing a hamstring injury, you miss maybe 2-3 games and get almost a month off. Still got 14-15 games to go. In the NBA, you miss 2-3 games, you’re back in probably 5 days. Less than a week. With the NBA spacing out the games more than they used to, guys don’t get the 3-4-5 day breaks that they used to. It’s harder for guys to recover. Some of those dudes need to actually rest in order to be 100% for the postseason, when it matters. That, plus the nature of the NBA (regular season doesn’t matter) and the differences in contracts (fully guaranteed deals), you’ll get the issues that the NBA has. The NFL isn’t dealing with that because every game matters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeptunePenguins Posted February 28, 2023 Author Share Posted February 28, 2023 (edited) 1 minute ago, Yin-Yang said: Also completely incomparable sports. Of course NFL players have to deal with more injuries with there being so much more contact - but that said, they get helped out by the number of games. In the NFL, let’s say you’re nursing a hamstring injury, you miss maybe 2-3 games and get almost a month off. Still got 14-15 games to go. In the NBA, you miss 2-3 games, you’re back in probably 5 days. Less than a week. With the NBA spacing out the games more than they used to, guys don’t get the 3-4-5 day breaks that they used to. It’s harder for guys to recover. Some of those dudes need to actually rest in order to be 100% for the postseason, when it matters. That, plus the nature of the NBA (regular season doesn’t matter) and the differences in contracts (fully guaranteed deals), you’ll get the issues that the NBA has. The NFL isn’t dealing with that because every game matters. That is a cop out for NBA players. NBA players should play all 82 games. That was the way it was in Barkley and Jordan's day. I would argue it is cheating to miss out on games you should play. It makes it too easy to win in the playoffs. Edited February 28, 2023 by NeptunePenguins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuskieTitan Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 20 minutes ago, NeptunePenguins said: Here is my solution. For every game you are able to play but miss, you should get 10 percent of your salary for that year taking away for the year until around 70 percent. If you miss 7 games then you only make 30 percent of your yearly salary and the rest goes to charity. That is for the NBA and NFL. Who makes this decision? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squire12 Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 2 minutes ago, RuskieTitan said: Who makes this decision? my fantasy football team 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Tso Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 Ok, I understand what's happening here. It's a high level s***post. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soko Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 Just now, NeptunePenguins said: That is a cop out for NBA players. NBA players should play all 82 games. That was the way it was in Barkley and Jordan's day. Cool story, bro. Should Joe Schmo also be docked 10% of his yearly earnings if he calls out sick for a day work? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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