Of all things, good sense is the most fairly distributed: everyone thinks he is so well supplied with it that even those who are the hardest to satisfy in every other respect never desire more of it than they already have.

Now we all have our own opinions about how much athletes are paid these days for “playing a game.” Some believe that if the player’s salaries were kept lower, then ticket prices wouldn’t have to be raised, yada, yada, yada. While their rising salaries may play a small role in that, don’t be fooled. Teams get all sorts of revenues from the stadiums (parking, concessions, souvenirs), the communities, and the NFL itself. A lot of this money goes directly in the hands of the owners.

I am almost on the side of the players. We, as fans, pay good money to see the game being played. We go on emotional roller coasters throughout, and when your said team is victorious…..Ahhh…..what a feeling. We deserve to see the best athletes out there performing, and if it costs the teams a little more to get them to play, so be it.

I am almost on the side of the owners. They are the ones who make it possible for the team to even be there in the first place. If it weren’t for them, it just couldn’t happen. The players should be grateful to the teams that are willing to put them out there.

As for the agents? Well, that goes back to the players. You bet they are going to try and get the best they can for their client. Bigger paycheck for client….bigger paycheck for the agent. Dollars and Sense (Cents?)

The case of T.O. is a rather misleading one though. Here is a man who last year signed this contract he wants so badly to get out of. One year played under a seven (7) year deal. The main reason he signed this “less than standard” contract was to get out of the fiasco with the 49ers and Ravens dealing him somewhere he didn’t want to go. So he jumped as fast as he could to sign anything to be somewhere he wanted to be. Now he’s crying about it. Hard to be on his side.

The Eagles? So far they are holding on to T.O. and not giving him more money or trading him. Obviously they are a much better team with him than without. His attitude may be a bit off-key but his talent on the field is impressive. He was (in my opinion) that last piece of the puzzle they needed to get them to the Super Bowl. It worked.

As for Rosenhaus? What can you say? Capitalism at its finest. If I were an agent I would be pushing for more money too. There’s another side to Drew though. While at his hotel in Florida last week, Rosenhaus saved a four-year-old boy from drowning. When the kid was pulled from the pool, he had no pulse and was not breathing. Drew then administered CPR until the paramedics arrived, and they said that if it weren’t for the quick action of Mr. Rosenhaus, the child would not have survived. A modern day superhero.

I’d say I’m cheering for the guy Rosenhaus was that day in the pool. If we could all be like that, this rock we live on would be a much better place. It makes all that other stuff I wrote look rather trivial, doesn’t it?