So, on the day of the 2010 NFL Draft the word wastrel fits in really well. Not necessarily one person who is a wastrel but an entire football team as an organization. Unproven college football players are going to be drafted by NFL teams, and given multi-million dollar contracts before they even step on the field. If a quarterback is taken as the first pick, they will be given HUGE sums of money. Take JaMarcus Russell for example, drafted number one by the Oakland Raiders and given $61 million dollars over the course of six years, $32 million of it given to him guaranteed. That's insane! I don't even have a dollar to spare, my picture of my money clip proves it!
If I remember correctly, Russell sat out for a very long time waiting to get the right amount of money, so long that he even missed time in to the season before he was under contract! After 4 years of playing with the Oakland Raiders, Russell has thrown for 4,083 yards, 18 touchdowns, and 23 interceptions. That's 1,021 yards, 4.5 touchdowns, and about 6 interceptions per season. It sure would be nice to make over $32 million for those kind of numbers!
This is just one situation here, this has happened so many times where organizations spend millions for players that are not proven and the player winds up rotting on the sidelines, eating valuable money.
I'm hoping this year is a little different, all the "experts" are saying that the St. Louis Rams will take Sam Bradford, an injury prone, unproven college football player. I hope the Rams don't WASTE their money on someone that could possibly never show up for them. But my fingers are crossed, like they are year after year, that this could be the year that a player isn't given money to do absolutely nothing to help out their team.
Any thoughts? Let me hear your wastrel story for the day!
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