Tell Darrelle Revis How You Feel

I don’t think it will work. All I would say is I grew up rooting and loving the Jets before you were there and will do the same with or without you there.

Come on JB, and all of GGN. Anybody who directly encourages one of our players to hold out is a traitor to the team, what it stands for, and anything we’re trying to accomplish.

This is also an invitation for rival fans to stoke the fire and exacerbate the problem. And regardless of how you feel about this whole debacle, if you’re texting Revis and telling him to keep holding out, please don’t call yourself a Jets fan.

i d say he should take a contract for 100 million over the corse of 6 years giving him 13.3 mil a year and a 20 mil signing bonus guaranteed make it front load a little so that he makes 16 mil this year and next but then goes down to 13 for the next two years and the lats two years he makes 10 this way hed be the highest paid money he would have his guaranteed money and the contract would go down in value as revis play will go down in the back end of career

If this year is uncapped, why not sign Revis (and perhaps Harris/Mangold) now to reasonable long term contracts with crazy guaranteed bonuses this year to compensate?

In that case why not give Mangold and Harris front-loaded contracts w/ huge bonuses, knowing they would appreciate it (and probably invest wisely) and not pull a Revis down the road. That could free up longer term money for Revis…

What you did last year has never been done in the history of the sport. You’re still young and you might get even better. When its all said and done, if you keep playing the way you did last year, you will be the best defensive player in the history of the game. Better than Reggie White. Better than Lawrence Taylor. Better than Ray Lewis. Rex said that you’re the best defensive player that he’s ever seen. That is worth something. If the team is constructed to take advatage of your talents, then tey should compensate you for what you’re worth. Its not only fair, its the right thing to do.

Do what you can to get paid what you’re worth. Whether thats with the Jets or elsewhere. Superbowl rings don’t put your grandkids and great grandkids through school, and they don’t ensure them a comfortable life. They don’t help you do more for your community. They don’t help you do more with your charities.

I would hate to see you leave the Jets, but I will still love to watch you play no matter where that is. This is the most popular and profitable sport there is. Its not unfair for the players to get out what they put in. Don’t let the owners steal from the players that deserve it in order to overpay for rookies that have never set foot on an NFL field. If the owners don’t like the cap, let them raise it. Its not your responsibility to pay your teammates salaries. Its your responsibility to play at the best of your abilities, and its the team’s responsibility to compensate you fairly for what they expect you to do.

Do you really want to be THAT guy? I dont think so buddy..this our time man, you’ll get your dude! To quote the great movie SAY ANYTHING..“Dont be a guy, the world is full of guys, BE A MAN!” Thats right I quoted Say Anything!..lol

When are NFL players going to realize that being the best has nothing to do with earning the most? The only numbers anyone ever associates with the busts in Canton have to do with career stats, not pay stubs.

Darelle Revis is certainly entitled to be fairly compensated for the role he plays on the Jets. But that doesn’t necessarily mean that he should be highest paid player for his position in the entire league or receive a long-term guaranteed contract. And the same goes for all NFL players.

Past generations of football players played for far less money, with far fewer protections, and far fewer guarantees. They gambled their bodies and minds, livelihoods, and families’ welfare. They emblazoned a path long ago that read loud and clear: In order to achieve you must be willing to sacrifice.

But every year, we see longer holdouts for more money. Why do players have it so backwards?

Overall, NFL salaries for elite players have skyrocketed into the millions over the past two decades, so that must mean long-term financial security right?

A shocking statistic from a March 2009 Sports Illustrated article titled How (and Why) Athletes Go Broke revealed that, "By the time they have been retired for two years, 78% of former NFL players have gone bankrupt or are under financial stress because of joblessness or divorce."

Sadly, most NFL players are unable to secure their financial futures once their careers are over, so it’s hard to argue that handing-out higher salaries would change this.

But players insist that because they put themselves on the line, because of the high risk of brain trauma, broken appendages, and paralysis, their bankrolls should be multiplying. And they’re about halfway right.

The problem with this argument is that every occupation carries some sort of risk. Pilots have a better chance of being in a plane crash, doctors are exposed to infections, fishermen can drown, and even office workers have a greater risk of heart attack due to sitting for more than nine hours a day. The bottom line is that just by living and breathing, you’re susceptible to some form of harm befalling you.

But here’s the other half: The NFL is raking in record profits from viewership, advertising, merchandise, and a 24-hour subscription cable channel. Multi-million dollar stadiums are rising throughout the country during a time when millions are defaulting on mortgage loans and relying on government safety nets to meet basic needs.

The NFL is in a position to take care of their own by establishing better funding and medical care systems for retired and permanently disabled players and they should take the opportunity to do just that during the upcoming negotiations. And given the record of financial floundering of most NFL players, it just makes sense for the NFL to handle it like this, and not by merely giving in to demands for higher individual salaries.

Next, we’ve seen what happens to players who holdout and get to get the salary they want. They’re rarely able to live up to the expectations brought on by such generous compensation. And while you can argue that it has to do with motivation, it’s also just simple math. There are thirty-two teams with fifty-two man rosters. Only one team can win the Super Bowl. You’re more likely to be among the 1,612 players that don’t.

Lastly, let’s not forget that this IS just a game. While players demand what they feel they are rightfully owed and mindlessly incur thousands of dollars worth of fines daily, there are billions of people throughout the world who face famine, persecution, illness, and above all poverty, every minute of every day.

So Darelle Revis, here’s my advice to you: Don’t take the position you’re in for granted. If you really enjoy what you do, and you really want to be counted among the greats, prove it. Make the sacrifices.

You’re going to be on an elite team with one of the best coaching squads to emerge in the last decade. A trip to Dallas and a ticker tape parade down the Canyon of Heroes at the beginning of February are going to be on your itinerary this year and for several more to come. And a few years from now, maybe even a trip to Canton.

There’s no number in the world that can match that.

When are NFL players going to realize that being the best has nothing to do with earning the most? The only numbers anyone ever associates with the busts in Canton have to do with career stats, not pay stubs.

They play for compensation, ultimately. Not enshrinement.

Darelle Revis is certainly entitled to be fairly compensated for the role he plays on the Jets. But that doesn’t necessarily mean that he should be highest paid player for his position in the entire league or receive a long-term guaranteed contract. And the same goes for all NFL players.

Aren’t we capitalists. Shouldn’t the aim be that the best make the most? No system is perfect but shouldn’t that be what we’re aiming at? Otherwise why strive for improvement?

Sadly, most NFL players are unable to secure their financial futures once their careers are over, so it’s hard to argue that handing-out higher salaries would change this.

What players do with their money is their business. You can’t seriously be advocating that they shouldn’t be paid what their worth because they’ll just squander it anyway.

But here’s the other half: The NFL is raking in record profits from viewership, advertising, merchandise, and a 24-hour subscription cable channel. Multi-million dollar stadiums are rising throughout the country during a time when millions are defaulting on mortgage loans and relying on government safety nets to meet basic needs.

The only relevant piece of information in your entire post. What is revis worth?

Next, we’ve seen what happens to players who holdout and get to get the salary they want. They’re rarely able to live up to the expectations brought on by such generous compensation. And while you can argue that it has to do with motivation, it’s also just simple math. There are thirty-two teams with fifty-two man rosters. Only one team can win the Super Bowl. You’re more likely to be among the 1,612 players that don’t.

Lastly, let’s not forget that this IS just a game. While players demand what they feel they are rightfully owed and mindlessly incur thousands of dollars worth of fines daily, there are billions of people throughout the world who face famine, persecution, illness, and above all poverty, every minute of every day.

Sad but irrelevant. Why? Because:

The NFL is raking in record profits from viewership, advertising, merchandise, and a 24-hour subscription cable channel.

Winning a ring and going to Canton is not the ultimate goal. Ensuring that your fa,ily can live comfortably for as many generations as possible is.

is all you really need to know. He’s already in line to make $40 million or so over his first 6 years in the league depending on the bandaid the Jets offered him for this year. With his last 2 years guaranteed all he needs to do is get through this year.

Revis won’t play this year and we’ll trade him after the season…hopefully to the Lions for 2 first rounders.

The only solution I can see is for the Jets to offer Revis an extra $9 million this year to get him to come back and play out the rest of his contract. That would make $45m over his first 6 years. I don’t expect that to happen and I definitely do not see a long term contract getting done at this point.

The team is better off without this prima donna.

Revis is easily not worth the money he is asking for, even though i believe he should get paid more… which he will if he isnt selfish and can wait. He is one of my favorite players but he has also lost a lot of my respect.

But this part is reflected towards you..———- I dont understand where you come from to defend him so highly. Are you a rich person? Because as a middle class citizen i dont get how someone could even ask for so much more money to play the game he loves. Most people go to work just to feed there familes while getting paid around $80,000 a year just to have a normal life. Darrelle doesnt need this extra money to keep his family functioning. He gets paid millions of dollars… i believe i could survive on his salary just fine. He isnt a doctor, cop, firefighter or any other person who saves lives.. he plays a simple game for entertainment. So please enlighten me on why you back him up so much? And why you believe he wont be able to support his family with a salary around $12-13 million a year?

Maybe Revis should ask Nnamdi what its like to play for a completely irrelevant team every season. To spend the latter part of the season with nothing to play for. Its not the money that he is wanting that makes me sick, but instead its the reason he wants the money. Pure Ego. Pay your players that deserve it Woody.