Dan Pastorini is mad. He’s mad at the NFL owners. He’s mad at the NFL Players Association. And he’s mad at Drew Brees. “F--- Drew Brees,†Pastorini said. Pastorini is mad at the way he feels he and his former NFL compatriots have been treated, and though Brees isn’t the true villain in this movie, he’s also an easy target for something he said two years ago. Pastorini looks at the new CBA deal and figures out how much more money he’ll receive as a player who retired before 1993. He remembers how much he made when he was playing quarterback for the Oilers, Rams, Raiders and Eagles from 1971-82. “I’m going to get an extra $1,000 a month. Big f------ deal,†the 62-year-old Pastorini told CBSSports.com recently. “I think it’s a travesty the way they treat the older players. I’m part of that group. They’re throwing us a bone with the $620 million. By the time they get to a new CBA after 10 years, they won’t have to worry about us pre-93er’s. It’s sad, but it’s their M.O. They want to wait for us to die. “What they’re talking about now is to give us a bone and to shut us up. It’s just wrong. It’s damn wrong. And the players association is just as greedy as the owners are, if not more so. The players don’t go to bat for us, which makes us ashamed.†“My first year’s salary was $25,000, then $30,000, then $35,000,†Pastorini said. “These guys make my first contract in a game. Look at (former NFLPA executive director) Gene Upshaw and what he left his wife when he died? How did he leave her $15 million? They’ve been screwing us from day one. My pension was $1,100 a month, then $1,200, then $1,400, and now it’ll be $1,750. No medical, no disability -- $1700 doesn’t even pay for my rent.†Source: CBSSports.com
At least he got some extra money. He should have plenty of money if he did anything post career and if he saved his money wisely. I have no sympathy. Brees is a good guy. Hating on him is just dumb.
Yeah but com'on they were not making millions of dollars. Guys like that made it possible for guys like Brees, Vick, Chris Johnson, to get these 100 million dollar contracts. They made what this guy made in a year in basically one game. Its a respect thing, these guys didn't have the little sissy girl rules when it come to hitting the QB, or horse collar or all these little girly rules out there now, these guys got the crap beat out of them! For literally nothing that they pros make today.
