Hey JaMarcus...Get To Work!

NFL News reports that the negotiations between JaMarcus Russell and the Oakland Raiders are still nowhere close to a deal. With the season just 5 weeks away you'd think that JaMarcus would want to get to work, especially since he could be leading the worst offensive team from a year ago. I understand the money issue to some degree but at what point does a rookie want to get to work. Think about if we all "held out" after getting our diploma.

Let me run the numbers for you. JaMarcus is going to make at least $8 million dollars of guaranteed money. If you invested $8 million in an Etrade account at 5% then you would have over $1,000 A DAY just in interest alone for the rest of your life! You'd still be retaining the original $8 million. That's not even considering his normal salary and endorsements, which would separately exceed $8 million.

Again, I understand that these athletes go through alot and you have to get paid now because in the NFL you can be cut without pay at anytime (just like every other American), but a rookie is just that. The Raiders may be giving JaMarcus all this money only to make their team worse (time will tell). Currently the Raiders have Josh McCown, Daunte Culpepper and Andrew Walters as their depth chart.

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Yankees are 21-7 since the All-Star Break, just 6 games back.