Friday, April 24, 2009
Collins to continue workout boycott
Safety Nick Collins still isnt participating in the Green Bay Packers offseason program and indications are he wont be showing up anytime soon.

Unhappy that the Packers havent initiated talks about extending his contract, Collins plans to remain at home in Florida while most of his teammates work out at Lambeau Field.

A source close to Collins said he has no plans to report for the voluntary workouts in the foreseeable future, at least not until an effort is made by the Packers to begin contract talks.

Collins agent, David Butz, was unavailable for comment. Its unclear whether Collins plans to report for the mandatory minicamp June 23-25 or risk being fined if he doesnt.

Packers General Manager Ted Thompson has already left the office for the day and has not returned a message.

Collins is in the final year of the original five-year contract he signed in 2005 after the Packers drafted him in the second round. His base salary for 2009 jumped to $3.045 million (up from $545,000) after an escalator clause kicked in.

The Packers began their offseason program on March 16. Collins remained at his offseason home in Florida and some believed it was because his wife was due with the couples third child. Collins wife had the baby a couple of weeks ago, but the source indicated that his absence has nothing to do with that.

An NFL Career is realistically very short.

Do not blame the player.... Blame the agent.

Then after one blames the agent, blame the society, the market place, the economy, then the reality of the mortgage scam, then the government, then society again, then ask yourself a very simple question.

Have you NEVER NOT taken a better financial opportunity when it was presented to you?

My guess is NO in 88,5 % of the opportunities.

It is the Micro Economic Love Story called "Supply and Demand."

It made this country great, it promotes and rewards success.

It does not matter if it is a sofa, a garage door opener, a freaking new mouse trap, or a player in the NFL.

I have no bitch or complaint with anyone who is taking what the market will give them.... Especially Professional Football players who have a professional life expectancy of perhaps 4.5 years.

God knows most of them did not get a real education with that free ride in college.

R.P.

"RaiderPride" wrote:

RP, I have NO problem with the amount of money they make. That's not the issue here. But he is under contract. He is property of the Packers. If he wants to explore his free agent options after this season, then more power to him. If the Vikings offer him $1 more and he wants to go there, more power to him.

But right now he is just acting like a spoiled little punk. There's a new scheme to learn. And he isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer anyway, so he needs to get his ass the GB with his TEAM.

"IronMan" wrote:

The Pro-Bowl nod just gave him the ammunition to do this. I predict Nick Collins will not be a Packer in a few years

"dd80forever" wrote:

Man, that would get Nick's panties in a bunch wouldn't it?

"dd80forever" wrote: