Giveth And Taketh Away

Baseball may be America's pastime, but football is America's sport. Every Sunday, millions gather around a television to see their favorite teams and players leave everything behind on the field of play. Football players put their lives on the line each and every week for different reasons. The money in professional football is a major reason that athletes decide to risk their bodies and lives in order to give fans an amazing spectacle each and every Sunday for 17 weeks of regular season play. On Monday night, the NFL welcomed a new player to its club with the signing of rookie holdout and first overall pick, Jamarcus Russell [Sources: Raiders reach agreement in principle with top pick Russell]. Many people have ripped on players like Russell for penny pinching and trying to get as much money as possible from executives that often claim to be losing money on their investments. You should not expect for these trends to discontinue. However, maybe we should all stop complai...