11-29-2021, 11:39 AM
Im not saying "comfort" doesnt cause people to ease up...
But the personality types that do actually display this behavior are so so few and far between in professional sports.
Personally...I find it a lazy excuse to hate on a player.
These guys have egos...they have their teammates pushing them to play harder...they have to hear/read people on media platforms trash them for crap play...its measuring stick amongst men to beat the guy in front of you...............there are so many invisible hands pushing these guys to play hard. To say that "getting paid" makes most of these guys lazy is a lazy opinion, imo. I think it only poisons a few guys...not 90% of guys getting paid like it seems people suggest.
Cool...if you prove to me that Willy/THJ/etc were in the gym for 2 hours before and after practice their contract year but now they arent...maybe I will give your point some credit.
But the personality types that do actually display this behavior are so so few and far between in professional sports.
Personally...I find it a lazy excuse to hate on a player.
These guys have egos...they have their teammates pushing them to play harder...they have to hear/read people on media platforms trash them for crap play...its measuring stick amongst men to beat the guy in front of you...............there are so many invisible hands pushing these guys to play hard. To say that "getting paid" makes most of these guys lazy is a lazy opinion, imo. I think it only poisons a few guys...not 90% of guys getting paid like it seems people suggest.
Cool...if you prove to me that Willy/THJ/etc were in the gym for 2 hours before and after practice their contract year but now they arent...maybe I will give your point some credit.
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