Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Michael Crabtree as a 49er

During the 2009 NFL Draft, the San Francisco 49ers drafted Michael Crabtree as the 10th overall pick. Michael Crabtree spent his previous 3 years as a nationally recognized top receiver playing at Texas Tech. The San Francisco 49ers finished last season with a record of 7-9 and falling short of the playoffs. The addition of a great wide receiver was and still is thought by the organization to possibly be the finishing piece to the puzzle and send them over .500 and possible to the playoffs. But unfortunately Crabtree saw things differently.
Like most of your wide receivers in the NFL and plenty of other athletes, it's all about them. Crabtree and his agent were never able to find the right amount of money in a contract that was good enough for a 21 year old wide reciever. Crabtree's agent had said to the media that they were even considering not playing for a year and re-entering the draft in 2010. Crabtree did eventually sign with the 49ers 4 games into the regular season and is not going to hold out.
In my opinion this is very selfish play by anyone yet alone a professional athlete. I believe very few people have the right to not sign with a team just because they believe they are not getting what they deserve. Crabtree has yet to even prove that he can play at the professional level. So I wonder why him and his agent think they can hold a team out of player for selfish reasons. But I guess this is one of the many things some athletes just like most humans. They have greed and it keeps them from playing the game they love. When Michael Crabtree was eight years old, do you think he got mad about not getting enough Caprisuns at the end of the game? I highly doubt it, just play the game.

1 comment:

  1. I was surprised too that he held out like he did. Like you said, he hasn't proven anything at the professional level and who would pick him any higher next year when he would not of played in a game in over a year. He has to realize that if he was a top 3 draft athlete, then he would of been drafted at that level but he didn't, so he isn't.

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