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Monday, October 4, 2010

The 100 Million Dollar "Slave"?


In 2009 Albert Haynesworth (the black guy) signed a 7 year/ 100 million dollar contract. Last year Mr.Haynesworth made 21 million dollars....... TWENTY ONE MILLION DOLLARS!!!!!!!
*daydreaming*
Ahhhh.......the things I could do with 21 million dollars:
Give 2.1 million to my church (http://www.theworshipcentercc.org/ )
Pay off my mom's house
Build a fat crib on the lake
Buy that 2011 Merecedes S63 with the AMG package (white)
Take a trip to Cabo,San Lucas
Maybe charter a yacht to the St.Lucia Jazz Festival..............
Ahhhhhh......yes..........21 million dollars.............
*waking up*
My bad.........my bad.........
THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY!!!!!!
Imagine someone willing to pay you that much money to do something you love to do. Now imagine someone asking you to do the exact same thing they are paying you to do but just do it a different way. Would you quit your job?
Would you take the chance of having that contract voided?
Would you refuse and say,"I'm not gonna be somebody's slave."
OR
Would you comply with the demands in your contract that pays you 21 MILLION DOLLARS?
Chances are you are like me and will do just about anything they tell you to do for that amount of money.
But, NOOOOOOOOOO............not Albert Haynesworth!!! He equated having to play a different position on the field to slavery. He equated going through physicals to make sure the team that's paying him that much money get a sound return on their investment to slavery.
It's as if  "some" of these guys are living in another world. Do they not realize there are hundreds of thousands of people out of work? Do they not realize there are millions of people barely getting by on 50k/year and others who would give anything to earn 50k/yr?
To compare playing another position on the football field to slavery should be a slap in the face to every person of color. Mr.Haynesworth represents all that is wrong with today's black athlete. If "some"of these guys would read and study the lives of slaves,they would think twice before comparing their childish temper tantrums to a man or woman who were considered property of others and held against their will.

-Slavery is a system in which people are the property of others. Slaves can be held against their will from the time of their capture, purchase or birth.

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