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Message: [QUOTE="BlueMAB, post: 3798447, member: 920"] The Colts have nothing to do with this. Their stadium and the fact Indy is landlocked also has nothing to do with it. You're just throwing crap at the wall because a guy used his leverage to avoid playing for what, at the time, was a disaster of a franchise. Listen to yourself. You're arguing he had no leverage, while criticizing the fact he leveraged his way out of San Diego. It's apparent you just don't like the Mannings. Imagine the number one overall pick prioritizing the weather over the ineptitude displayed for decades in that organization. "it's okay we suck and never make the playoffs, and are an afterthought in California behind the Raiders and Niners, but as long as the sun is shining, I'd love to play for the Chargers!" The weather? That's dumb. Really, really dumb. There were tens of millions of dollars on the line for Eli with his career, and you think he should shut up and settle because of the weather? Cheese and rice go somewhere and be quiet. The number one overall pick has leverage. The number overall pick who has a millionaire father, and a millionaire brother already in the league, has leverage. Something tells me Eli would have been able to (financially) do nothing but train and watch film for the year he would have sat. I just don't think he was deciding between the NFL or a marketing specialist role at Coca-Cola, but it's cute of you to pretend like those were his options. I'm not taking any of this personally. I find it really strange how quickly people bend down and lick the boots of the owners. The billionaire owners churn through athletes as if they were cattle. We shouldn't even have a draft, players should go directly into free agency, and we should have relegation and promotion with salary caps. Anytime the athletes who give up their bodies and brains to provide us with entertainment get the opportunity to, within the rules, do what is best for them and their career/lives they should do it. Let's simplify this... Exactly what rule did Manning break? I'll wait. [/QUOTE]

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