Official 2024 Off-Season Thread!

[striker42]

I find it impossible to understand why fans choose to side with billionaire team owners trying to keep more profits rather than giving Snell $200M, and then call Snell greedy for trying to get that same $200M the owners are refusing to give him.

Like...why is the millionaire player greedy, but the billionaire owner isn't? Why have we been so conditioned to think the wealthiest guy is somehow always in the right, and anyone who dares attempt to pry wealth for themselves is the greedy jerk?

I guess it's the same reason why the masses are against livable wages, but have no problem with filthy rich executives. The brainwashing has been a complete success.

Fans are ultimately fans of the team and that tends to align them more with ownership than with players. If a player leaves your team via free agency for more money, there's a feeling of betrayal. If a player holds your team up for more money, that's resources your team can't spend elsewhere.

Fans tend to forget there's a third side they could be on, their own. Fans should press to be given an affordable, entertaining product. Whether it's a billionaire or a millionaire enriching themselves doesn't matter. The enrichment happens at the expense of the fan.