A number of Pro Football Hall of Famers sent a letter to the Hall of Fame, Commissioner Goodell, and they are threatening to boycott future induction ceremonies unless certain demands are met -- including salaries and health insurance for the Hall of Fame.
Now, if you look at the headline, you're thinking "What elitist fucks!! They want this just for themselves."
The letter (signed by a group including Jim Brown, Joe Namath, Lawrence Taylor, Bruce Smith, and spouses like Reggie White's widow) states that giving such benefit to the Hall of Famers would cost .03% of the operating revenue of the NFL, or 80% of a 30-second Super Bowl LII ad.
What is later noted by commenters, though, is statements by the likes of Eric Dickerson, stating this is Step One to eventually getting more guarantees and insurance for all NFL players, current and former.
That's all fine and good -- except for three problems:
- You're dealing with Roger Goodell, who has no regard for the present players and little to none for former ones.
- The odds of you even getting your demands met for yourselves, as a result, is, at best, remote!
- And, as my anonymous friend notes, if, by some miracle, they surmount that chance, chances are that Goodell would respond to any expansion of demands about like the headmasters at Oliver Twist's school wondering why Oliver wants more....
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