Marshawn Lynch To Be Fined More In A Day Than Gale Sayers Made In A Year

[joeybee12]

Gale Sayers made the Pro Football Hall of Fame even though injuries limited him to essentially six seasons with the Bears. So if any running back has an appreciation how short of an NFL career can last, it's Sayers. That's why it is particularly telling when Sayers says he cannot comprehend today's running backs that turn down millions.

Sayers made $25,000 a year in the NFL. To put that in perspective, Marshawn Lynch, who is holding out with Seattle, is going to be fined $30,000 a day for as long as he continues to miss training camp.

Yes, Lynch -- who has already collected $17 million of the four-year, $30 million contract he signed two years ago -- is willing to be fined more in one day that Hall of Famer Gale Sayers made in one year.

Sayers didn't talk about Lynch specifically, but in general terms, he didn't seem thrilled with some of today's players.

http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/daily-take/201407/gale-sayers-running-backs-millions-dollars-contract-marshawn-lynch-holdout

[Scuba]

1. Sayers was the most exciting running back I ever saw play the game, and that's a lot ....

.... coming from a die-hard Packer fan.

He could cut at full speed and his speed was superb. Amazing runner, shame he didn't stay healthy.

[PeteSelman]

2. A lot of bitterness from these older players.

What the players make is nothing compared to what the owners are taking in. It's a shame Sayers didn't have a players union back then.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

3. Sayers played from 1965-1971

Accounting for inflation that $25,000 would be the equivalent of approximately $147,000 in today's dollars. So while Marshawn Lynch is not being fined more than what Sayers made in a year it still shows how much NFL salaries have gone up.