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Sam Bradford is a lucky man.

As if it wasn’t enough for him to be a young, baby-faced, number one overall draft pick, the former Oklahoma quarterback just signed a record contract with the St. Louis Rams for six years, and a guaranteed $50 million.

Fifty million dollars.  I can’t even afford to get rid of my 1997 Mercury so I can’t imagine what I would do with $50 million.  Probably, at least, get some new shoes.

I will be the first to say that football is the finest form of entertainment and that the players deserve to be paid exceptionally well, but I also don’t think it would be so wrong for the NFL to compensate some of the league’s former players who were paid next to nothing, didn’t have sophisticated padding, have little as far as retirement goes, are stuck with Medicare for insurance and many of whom are suffering with injuries decades later.

Decades.  Later.  Just sayin’.

I’m not complaining about high salaries, because if I was being beat up and tossed around like a rag doll for my day job, I would want big money too.

I just don’t think the men who helped the league become what it is today, (i.e. an organization that can afford $50 million guarantees), should be forgotten.

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The Only Thing That Could Make Me Hate the St. Louis Rams More

I am a petty woman. I hold grudges.

For example. I still hate the St. Louis Rams because of the NFC Title Game in 1999.

I hate them for the Bert Emanuel rule.

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I realize at this point you think I am kidding, but I assure you I am not. I hate them and I hate all of their ass faces.

I still root against Kurt Warner every single week and he hasn’t played for the Rams in ages.

What could possibly make me hate them more?

Rush Limbaugh becoming a part owner of the St. Louis Rams, that is what.

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As much as it seems like a good fit, two wrongs still don’t make a right.

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And I breathe a sigh of relief…

The St. Louis Rams did what they had to do… they signed quarterback Marc Bulger, one of the premier QB’s in the NFL, to a 6-year contract extension that will pay him, on average, just more than $10 million per season and put him into the upper echelon of QB pay scales.

Bulger is one of the lynchpins of the Rams offense and having him locked-in for 6 more seasons is not only a relief, but encouraging that the Rams moves this off-season are just the beginning.

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