[Elvis]

Fearsome Foursome had to start a band:

[ramsww]

This sounds like a complaint against ticket costs and expenses to watch in person than a complaint about dead money. Otherwise, if they had $0 dead money, the tickets & expenses aren't going to bother you?

I think they go hand in hand. If it’s not just dead money, it’s the expense of salaries, FA, Billion dollar stadiums down to the cost of a common NFL football. As a kid we were lucky enough to have a friend bring a real Duke to the playground once in a while. I paid $80 each for 6 balls to have signed 25 yrs ago. I don’t want to think what they would cost today. A lot of kids will never see a live NFL game let alone attend a Super Bowl.

[PARAM]

I think they go hand in hand. If it’s not just dead money, it’s the expense of salaries, FA, Billion dollar stadiums down to the cost of a common NFL football. As a kid we were lucky enough to have a friend bring a real Duke to the playground once in a while. I paid $80 each for 6 balls to have signed 25 yrs ago. I don’t want to think what they would cost today. A lot of kids will never see a live NFL game let alone attend a Super Bowl.

Well, "dead money" is kind of a misnomer. That money was spent. And somebody received it. It's not like they burned it in the fireplace.

So you miss the days when going to an NFL game was "affordable"? Do you also miss the total control teams had over players? Or the "you can't help the club from the tub" mentality, when guys knew they had to get back on the field, damn the concussion or broken bone? Do you miss the days when you had Network TV and that was it? You didn't get to choose who to watch, you watched what they offered in your area.

I don't miss that shit at all. If that means paying a few hundred each to see a game, I'll either do it or watch it on TV. My choice.

Times change at the speed of light. I couldn't give a rats ass over how many little kids will never see an NFL game live. What I care about is how young adults (19-30 and beyond) can barely afford to live on what they make. Now you have expenses we (I) didn't have at that age. Internet? $100 or so a month. Cell phone? $100 or so a month. Cable or streaming services? $150 a month. Car note. Insurance. Gas. $850 a month. All were waaaay cheaper back in the day. Rent and food are outrageous. Entertainment? $900 bucks a ticket to see some performers live. Hell, I paid $25 and saw Jefferson Airplane, Jo Jo Gunn and Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen. And the bag we brought was $20.

Yeah we can pine over the old days and I'm with ya. But times change and the Rams 50 mil in dead money doesn't affect ANYTHING>

[Flash]

Well, "dead money" is kind of a misnomer. That money was spent. And somebody received it. It's not like they burned it in the fireplace.

So you miss the days when going to an NFL game was "affordable"? Do you also miss the total control teams had over players? Or the "you can't help the club from the tub" mentality, when guys knew they had to get back on the field, damn the concussion or broken bone? Do you miss the days when you had Network TV and that was it? You didn't get to choose who to watch, you watched what they offered in your area.

I don't miss that shit at all. If that means paying a few hundred each to see a game, I'll either do it or watch it on TV. My choice.

Times change at the speed of light. I couldn't give a rats ass over how many little kids will never see an NFL game live. What I care about is how young adults (19-30 and beyond) can barely afford to live on what they make. Now you have expenses we (I) didn't have at that age. Internet? $100 or so a month. Cell phone? $100 or so a month. Cable or streaming services? $150 a month. Car note. Insurance. Gas. $850 a month. All were waaaay cheaper back in the day. Rent and food are outrageous. Entertainment? $900 bucks a ticket to see some performers live. Hell, I paid $25 and saw Jefferson Airplane, Jo Jo Gunn and Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen. And the bag we brought was $20.

Yeah we can pine over the old days and I'm with ya. But times change and the Rams 50 mil in dead money doesn't affect ANYTHING>

This is a great take PARAM!

[ramsww]

I won't get too political but the 2% raise, he who shall not be named, proposed on the top 1% would have alleviated any need for the Medicaid cuts we're about to receive. One income families, 2 cars and a house full of kids. A simpler life no doubt but the other side of the coin was always there. Some things improve while others just get worse but no one can really put up an argument to the income gap or the death of the middle class. I started out rather poor and rose above it for 30 years, raised a family, paid for my kid's entire college education and never regretted a day. Now I find myself semi-retired and back on the edge (not the ledge) as the old Ishtar movie line says....."Hey, it takes a lotta guts to have nothing at your age".