Quite naturally, I have no predeliction towards the destruction of today's players. I've destroyed enough players, certainly, for two lifetimes. Just ask Charles.
ASK HIM!! To some degree, I feel some affinilation towards today's player. Myself, undoubtedly, remembers being in the trenches with Scotty after he signed that 400-year contract that he immediately regretted in some fashion. I told him at the time, I said to him, "Stevie, don't sign that. After you watch me win a couple more championships, there will be people that will want to pay you for what you've seen."
Incontrovertibly, I was proven to be correct with regards to Sammy.
And, just as certainly, I am correct today. Unless one of these players is going to host Saturday Night Live or sell a billion dollars worth of shoes or have a former Minnesota Viking follow them around like a puppy, they are, undoubtedly, just a number.
I negotiated a $33 million dollar one-year deal as a player to some degree. I backed that up by negotiating a $36 million one-year deal. These guys are negotiating like a bunch of Scotty's. Just sittin' on the bench.
YOU TELL HIM!! YOU TELL HIM I SAID IT!!!