Michael Thomas Twitter Exchange with Underhill (1 Viewer)

[saintsmarchin]

I'd be for carr with a healthy MT.

 

[BayouSAINTJoe]

This is classic! Why do WRs speak in riddles?

Alvin Kamara tweet: "This ish sucks, burns my soul with disrespect"
- in reference to Ruffles flamin hot sour cream and cheddar chips

 

[SaintswonSBXLIV]

If that's a real tweet from MT, he doesn't sound like he's happy with how the Saints have handled player contracts. Maybe reading too much between the lines, but I'm trying to imagine what would make him say something like that.

I thought the opposite reading his response.

 

[Joodas Avila]

Maybe there is a plan to keep MT. He’s exactly what we need on offense.

I hope so. I personally like Mike T.

 

[meily]

Indeed.

I guess the only thing I can think of is maybe the Saints approached him about restructuring his contract, idk.

Or he could just be saying the Saints come at individual players to restructure their deals to create space, which is pretty obvious because that happens on every team, Nick made it seem like there is no rhyme or reason for the restructures outside of getting under the cap, which has some merit to it unless your the player(s) asked to restructure.

 

[Mr. Coach Klein]

Exactly. We pay someone who can throw, catch, pass, shoot, hit, act, perform, entertain us.....$25+ million a year, yet we pay $35 thousand a year to people who teach, protect, save us, rescue us....WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?!?!?! Our culture is so azz backwards.

Don't get me wrong, I love watching my Saints, but the salaries are way out of control. It's still a GAME! Chess, checkers, Tetris, are games. Should we pay the people who play these games millions of dollars also?

Average Salary in the U.S. Average Salary in the U.S. (2022) $53,490 per year According to the latest data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the annual mean wage for a full-time wage or salary worker in the United States is $53,490 per year or $1,028 per week (for a 40-hour work week). Let's bump that up to $100,000 per year for sake of argument. Multiply that times 55 years work expectancy = $5,500,000 earnings life time.

The average length of a player's career in the National Football League (NFL) is relatively short, with the average career lasting around 3.3 years. The league is considered one of the most physically demanding sports leagues in the world, with players regularly exposed to hard hits and collisions. This leads to a high risk of injury, and many players are forced to retire early or miss significant time due to injuries. Taking this into consideration, a player should earn $5.5 million after 4 years. Players who last longer should get paid more accordingly. That should be the standard for all sports. Just my opinion. Oh, and they should get health insurance for life after they have completed 5 years of the NFL as a bonus.

It's basic economics. Football generates revenue that supports their salaries. The other jobs you mentioned are paid from tax revenue which has to be taken from people mostly against their will (lottery aside). If you weren't paying the players then the money just goes to the billionaire owners. If you tax any football related revenues more then the price will go up. Owner's won't cut into their profits. I.E. tax tickets $10 more then ticket prices go up $10 more.

It's the same principle as taxing a grocery store. The price gets passed on to the consumer.

 

[SaintsMan209]

I agree, we should keep him.

 

[State Of Affairs]

Guess we all missed this one.

Source: Thomas to restructure deal with Saints

The Saints and wide receiver Michael Thomas agreed to a restructured contract Friday, per a source, with an eye toward the upcoming league year.

www.espn.com

I’m not sure what this has to do with my response or point?

 

[Mojomajik9]

I don’t know how feasible it is in terms of money but if MT is healthy he makes the team better and I’d love to see him back making plays.

 

[Rouxble]

I don’t know how feasible it is in terms of money but if MT is healthy he makes the team better and I’d love to see him back making plays.

He would need to take a pay cut, which similar to Carr, he has no incentive to do with a $60m guarantee kicking in 2-3 days after the league year starts.

 

[DavidM]

He would need to take a pay cut, which similar to Carr, he has no incentive to do with a $60m guarantee kicking in 2-3 days after the league year starts.

A potentially big difference, in terms of the money they could get, is there should be a market for Carr that won't exist for Thomas. It might be that Thomas wants to move on but he's almost certainly going to play on a significantly reduced salary, wherever he is.

 

[Rouxble]

A potentially big difference, in terms of the money they could get, is there should be a market for Carr that won't exist for Thomas. It might be that Thomas wants to move on but he's almost certainly going to play on a significantly reduced salary, wherever he is.

I see forecasts of him getting a one year $10m prove it deal. Seems reasonable for whoever gets him.

 

[livefromDC]

Alvin Kamara tweet: "This ish sucks, burns my soul with disrespect"
- in reference to Ruffles flamin hot sour cream and cheddar chips

This is different. Kamara is just a simple dude talking about his day to day, but people WANT to think he's pontificating on some greater meanings. N reality, he's literally just eating skittles or riding a bike and telling his friends about it.

 

[tarusman28]

I can remember NFL happenings from 1990 til now, but I can’t remember, wasn’t MT’s injury caused by being put out on the field too soon, or wasn’t it the teams fault that he has been banged up? The other thing is his injury isn’t as simple as being shot 12 times, or tearing an ACL, the recovery (as I understand it) is more complicated.

I’m not quite ready to be done with MT. We all know that if he is cut he is going to link back up with Sean, and I just can’t have that.

I would definitely disagree that he will link up with Sean. At one point during all of this, they had a falling out because MT waited so long to get his 2nd surgery. Sean would not touch this situation with a ten foot pole. Also, this could be one of the reasons why he's in Denver now.

 

[livefromDC]

Exactly. We pay someone who can throw, catch, pass, shoot, hit, act, perform, entertain us.....$25+ million a year, yet we pay $35 thousand a year to people who teach, protect, save us, rescue us....WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?!?!?! Our culture is so azz backwards.

Don't get me wrong, I love watching my Saints, but the salaries are way out of control. It's still a GAME! Chess, checkers, Tetris, are games. Should we pay the people who play these games millions of dollars also?

Average Salary in the U.S. Average Salary in the U.S. (2022) $53,490 per year According to the latest data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the annual mean wage for a full-time wage or salary worker in the United States is $53,490 per year or $1,028 per week (for a 40-hour work week). Let's bump that up to $100,000 per year for sake of argument. Multiply that times 55 years work expectancy = $5,500,000 earnings life time.

The average length of a player's career in the National Football League (NFL) is relatively short, with the average career lasting around 3.3 years. The league is considered one of the most physically demanding sports leagues in the world, with players regularly exposed to hard hits and collisions. This leads to a high risk of injury, and many players are forced to retire early or miss significant time due to injuries. Taking this into consideration, a player should earn $5.5 million after 4 years. Players who last longer should get paid more accordingly. That should be the standard for all sports. Just my opinion. Oh, and they should get health insurance for life after they have completed 5 years of the NFL as a bonus.

The next time you gripe about taxes being too high or politicians taking from the rich to give welfare to the poor, remember you were on SR outlining a basic framework for American socialism.