Professional football players are the least paid professional athletes compared to basketball players and baseball players,they also have less job security,so its only right for them to get paid as much money as possible.Ther careers last on the average of 4 years, and they can be cut  at any time,most of the contracts of professional football players aren't worth the paper there printed on.Professional football players should make more money compared to what the league is making,pro football signs deals equaling 6 billion over a the course of  5 years with the networks ,this doesn't include merchandise, 10  dollar parking  for home games, food sales,and beer sales during the games, and other money that comes in ,and the commissioner  and a few vets complain,now the vets at the time at signing there contract they were happy, but things change and the money gets bigger every year.I f a team wants to pay a player a large sum of money then so be it,it's between the team and player,i pray Gene Upshaw and the union don't fall for this, the game is fine the way it is ,you perform you get paid if you dont perform you get cut and your money stops.Less not forget it is the most popular sport in America.

NOBODY  SAYS NOTHING about Roger making what 3 or 5 million to wear a suit and sit in on meetings,and when he makes a decision he mulls it over with his staff is that really worth  5 million  year. In one sense it is ,because of the money the league generates,and in another sense its not,BUT THE MONEY GETS BIGGER EVERY YEAR,thats the point im making,if they make any changes upgrade the pension plan,and medical insurance for retired players and lower the age  to 40 so players that play there 4 years and forced out the league a due to injury  at age 27 don't have  to wait until 45,to get medical attention and some cash they desperately  need. 

With the scouting combines a little more than a week away,there will be a back that I haven't heard about who will run a 4.25 forty, bench press 225 30 times,and the NFL scouts will go crazy over ,but with a running backs you have to look at the tapes, most players look good in shorts and t shirts .Game tapes tell it all,you look at durability factor,the vision, the toughness between the tackles ,the burst, the ability to catch the ball,those are what I'm judging my  top 5 on.

1. Darren McFadden, has all the tools, he is durable,fast,great vision and he can catch the ball out of the back field,he will fumble from time to time and that can be fixed,the thing about Mcfadden is he hits the hole so fast ,and is a threat to go all the way on any play ,and he'll lower his shoulders and run you over.Let's not forget he can throw the football to.

2.Rashard Mendenhall is another back who can catch the football, runs hard and has homerun potential,if you watch the end to his runs he usually falls forward ,not backward so that says he is a very strong back,he carried Illinois on his back during the 2007 season.If he runs a 4.36 forty he may be a top ten pick.

3.Felix Jones,he has 1st round value because he can return kicks and punts,he can catch the ball,he may be the fastest back in the draft the only problem i have is his size 5''11 200 pounds i dont think he will be a every down back, in the NFL.He hasn't showed that he could be a every down back ,because he split time in college with McFadden.

4.Ray Rice,he's my  number 4 pick because if you watch his 1st carry of the game and then his 40th carry in that same game there is no drop off.He will run you over all day ,and scat outside for longer gaines he never gets tired ,he is the most durable running back I have seen in awhile,he played for Rutgers ,where he was the whole show on offense for them in 2007,yeah they had decent recievers,but he ran for 2000 yards carried the ball over 300 times against 9 man fronts.He just lacks the speed to take it to the house.

5.Mike Hart ,yeah he had a great offensive line,and you say  any back could gain a 1000 yards,at Michigan but Hart has good vision,he runs like every play is his last one and he his pain threshold is high ,he is good between the tackles and he is fast enough,one drawback is he is injury prone .He was very productive at MU

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Jonathan Stewart

ThIS GREAT Human Organization has killed way more dogs than Michael Vick,and wheres the outrage,where are the rigth wig groups,the left wing groups,where are the Jesse Jacksons, the Al Sharptons, the Russel Simmons, see since  a large segment of the population has Mike Vick convicted,this same segment of the population  should convict Peta.Who watches over them because there Bogus.

This organization Peta  kills  helpless,adoptable animals by the thosands out of sheer inconvience.Why do we take this organization serious in the first place is beyond me,Peta even has a contract  WITH  A NORFOLK  AREA CREMATORY SERVICE to dispose of the dead bodies which measure over a ton each month.Do you know how much a ton is,and as soon as a famous face hurts a animal or is charged with a acrime they come out with there signs and blow horns ,trying to convict a man before he even has his trial.Once again, if Mike Vick wasn't famous this wouldn't made the papers, and once again I believe Mike Vick is guilty of  some of the things he has been charged with, but Peta should be charged with cruelty,they take in animals and Murder Them, almost 15,000 since 1998.I thought they were suppose to find these animals homes thats ,thats B.S.

There's a Peta employee who is facing grand larceny charges in southern Virginia related to theft of a hunting dog.Peta is also 3 months overdue to report there 2007 numbers, you want to know why there late with there numbers, they don't want the public to get a hold of the information that they kill thousands of cats and dogs a year BUT ITS ALREADY OUT.PETA DOESN'T WANT THE PUBLIC TO CALL THEM HYPROCRITES OR FRAUDS, WHICH THEY ARE .Can't wait until the 2007 numbers are released , I say they will be released sometime after the trial is over ,there is money to make for this Great organization,and tons of  free publicity.

PETA is no better than Michael Vick ,actually there worst,