“Don’t like the terms, don’t play the fucking game,” said the galaxy-brain, smugly thinking that he had just totally owned a dude who is in the news because he doesn’t like the terms, and is thus not playing the fucking game. “Go get a regular job,” he said, absolutely burning the man who exchanges the product of his…

Yes, why did the football player take the only available deal that allowed him to play football? Truly a mystery for the ages.

Convenient that between mandated rookie deals and the franchise tag, the Steelers are able to artificially suppress his value until they’ve used “the majority of his best years” up! I guess he’d better force their hand to make sure and get paid as much as possible right now, huh?

You, a truly brilliant thinker:

God damn there are a lot of pathetic bootlickers temporarily embarrassed millionaires who feel the need to weigh in against a man getting paid what he’s worth. If he was worth X to the Steelers, but they only paid him X/4, why does it matter what amount X is?

It’s not like the Rooneys are hoarding the money for themselves. ... it’s not going to some Scrooge McDuckian vault.

In case I was confused about which side to take on this thing, I’m glad a Pouncey showed up to clarify that I should be supporting Bell unconditionally. 

just maybe instead of being the “evil” org deadspin loves to spin on ownerships, the steelers dont want to fill their salary cap up with a RB who already has a lot of wear and tear

Ask not for whom the Bell toils, Steelers; it’s not for thee.