What exactly frustrates you about the coverage, that its everywhere or do you find people here pretending they know gridiron/NFL when they don't?Oh God. I can't take this **** outside of CW, please keep it off here. Nobody in this country knows ****ing anything about the game or the league. It's unbearable.
The latter. Plus the uninformed hyping of his performances during pre-season. Pre-season is a joke, nobody decent plays more than 1 or 2 series a game and that's generally only in the first two games. He's playing fantastically but it's against 3rd stringers. The articles and opinion pieces from rugby league journo's saying that he's "killing it" etc are driving me insane. Plus the people who just flat out don't understand how contracts and money work in the NFL and talking about how he'll be making so much more money over there etc. There won't be a year where he makes more money in the NFL than he was making a season over here. Plus it's all non-guaranteed so if he gets cut he basically gets nothing.What exactly frustrates you about the coverage, that its everywhere or do you find people here pretending they know gridiron/NFL when they don't?
Think you'll find that he has been guaranteed well over 100k (chicken feed compared to NRL but most triallists get nothing) plus you can be assured that his endorsements will dwarf what he was on IF (and it's a very big if) he lasts the seasonThe latter. Plus the uninformed hyping of his performances during pre-season. Pre-season is a joke, nobody decent plays more than 1 or 2 series a game and that's generally only in the first two games. He's playing fantastically but it's against 3rd stringers. The articles and opinion pieces from rugby league journo's saying that he's "killing it" etc are driving me insane. Plus the people who just flat out don't understand how contracts and money work in the NFL and talking about how he'll be making so much more money over there etc. There won't be a year where he makes more money in the NFL than he was making a season over here. Plus it's all non-guaranteed so if he gets cut he basically gets nothing.
He was on ~1mill a season just from his Parramatta contract alone, then there's endorsements and rep football payments. He could well trump it if he actually becomes a player but if he stays as a specialist punt returners and 3rd/4th string back he won't be living in the same ballpark.Think you'll find that he has been guaranteed well over 100k (chicken feed compared to NRL but most triallists get nothing) plus you can be assured that his endorsements will dwarf what he was on IF (and it's a very big if) he lasts the season
You aren't taking in enough media and public opinion then (and I envy you) as I'm seeing this everywhere. There was an article yesterday on Fox Sports (EDIT: it was the Daily Lolagraph) comparing him to Donald Bradman ffs. I'm not downplaying his achievements, I'm calling out the people who don't understand anything about what he has achieved and he wants to achieve. He has done something that is unprecedented and I am so happy he made the squad. Hell I even took him in the last round of my rather expensive fantasy league last week just for the fun of it. But the coverage of it has been disgusting and horribly uneducated. It annoys me.NOONE is saying that he is a bona fide NFL superstar but to downplay his achievement in making it this far is nonsense
Haha this tends to be how I feel when most people discuss most things tbh.Oh God. I can't take this **** outside of CW, please keep it off here. Nobody in this country knows ****ing anything about the game or the league. It's unbearable.