Hard Knocks

Boy...watching this show makes me miss playing team sports, but doesn't make me want to be an NFL player. Rough. When the GM calls in Laveranues Coles and cuts him - basically because he is too old - at 32. Man. Rough. Almost worse was Kyle Clemons who gets pulled in and told he needs to take a major pay cut, otherwise they'll cut him and take a different guy as the 3rd stringer. Makes you wonder the value of these contracts. If they can at any moment cut you because you're too expensive...what's the point of a contract at all? Makes me more sympathetic with players who hold out. If the team could cut their pay, they would. So when they have leverage, they need to take advantage of it. And by the time they turn 30-32, these teams will dump them at the drop of the hat. Not to mention the life-long injuries sustained by these guys. I love football, but I wonder if it'll be around in 20 years knowing what we know about the medical issues.