NFL Lockout Is Making Peyton Manning Uncomfortable

I’m sure that Peyton can make up for it by making lots more commercials.

and I couldn’t use a trusted adviser or specialist because of something out of my control, it would piss me off.

also the shot at “stereotypical colts fans” was unwarranted. Change “colts” with “sports/homer” and that statement would be accurate.

Why should I have to watch my comments just b/c it may or may not offend someone. I have no issue w/ Manning’s comments. They asked how the lockout is effecting him and he answered honestly.

As a human being the thought of going to any medical specialist (doctor, therapist, surgeon, etc…. ) that I was unfamiliar with or trust would make me a bit uneasy as well. I am in the lower middle class and I don’t see the problem with anyone voicing such concerns about it whither they be poor nor rich. Money does not buy trust. It’s something most of you, complaining about a rich man voicing his frustration about not being able to have access to the medical adviser he trusts, seems not to understand.

Neck surgeries are dangerous, even the minor ones. Also, is the treatment afterwards. Also, is the fact that every person’s body is different, so to is the treatment. To be with a medical adviser that understands your body best from years of working with one another… to all of the sudden have to put your body in the hands of a stranger, especially when his judgement will forever impact your life and carrier no matter how skilled he may be… I would be nervous to the point of frustration as well.

So what if his life in many ways seems more comfortable then ours? Did he not earn his money? Did he not work earnestly and honestly to obtain the standards of life he now lives? Since when does living off the fruits of your labor, just because his has happened to produced more then most, prevent him from ever being able to use his First Amendment right to express his frustration without being hurled insults? Does having all the money you could ever desire of make all of life’s problems go away?

Just because their are many people in this world who would desire to have the comforts afforded to him by the fruits of his labors, does not mean that it makes him in any form disconnected from or is in some way being insensitive to, those whose labor have not garnered them as much, just because he has the resources by which to look elsewhere when many of us don’t. Unlike those people here who are insulting a man because he has wealth… I don’t believe in class warfare, I don’t believe that because one has much means he should not be free to express himself just like everyone else. Did he not obtain his wealth honestly? Is he not entitled to do with his money what he wishes or wishes not too, so long as it is legal and not immoral? Does wealth then forfeit the right of the person whom possess it to be upset just because there are others who possess it not?

Life is more then wealth… I would not sacrifice all to possess it neither would I have disdain for those who have wealth when I fail to obtain it. Why then criticize because he voices his concern for his future?

Pisses me the hell off.

BBS, I’ve never been all that fond of your smug and self-indulgent reporting style, but I follow your blog and generally listen to what you say because you follow this stuff day to day, and I trust in the blogs as a valuable alternative news source to what’s being spewed by the mainstream sports media. This crap, though, is one of the reasons I trust others far, far more than you.

Yes, Peyton is a wealthy, wealthy man. His arm and his brain (and not necessarily in that order) got him there. He could, of course, spend a God awful amount of money on hastening his recovery, and bringing the best and brightest in the field into making him healthy.

The problem? That ain’t how it works.

Because of a few a-holes like Jerry Richardson, who can’t manage to make a franchise succeed in spite of a guaranteed business model, Peyton can’t work with his trusted professionals – men who know the workings of his body like a clock and are weeks ahead of any outside expert, regardless of their expertise and training. Now, our team, who (as we always say) is a tall, “privileged” man away from being 4-12 rather than 12-4, is faced with the prospect of another slow start, all because a few rich bastards want to get a little bit richer.

Reading this post, BBS, I would almost venture a guess that you’re on the owners’ side in this mess, but knowing the past of this blog I know that’s not necessarily the case. If that is indeed true, then, please spare us your editorializing. We read this for your opinions on football. No matter how hard you try, you can’t torture Peyton’s situation into some grand allegory about the state of our nation’s health care system (which, it must be stated, is the envy of the entire world.)

I don’t give a damn if Peyton said it, if Brady said it, or if Rodgers said it. The guy is arguably the best player in football, so if he is upset about his inability to follow his normal routine and work with his first choice to ensure that his injury is 100% on point, what’s the issue? How is it insensitive of him to “complain” about not being able to prepare how he wants for his JOB, just because the government can’t make up it’s mind about health care reform?

He is a professional athlete who is blessed with more talent than most people could ever dream of touching. Let’s get pissed and call him “privileged”/out of touch because he’s busted his ass to be a professional athlete and make millions off of his gifts. There’s a reason not everyone makes it to the big leagues… This is a big deal to him and as a huge Colts fan and even bigger Peyton Manning fan, it’s a big deal to me that he isn’t getting the treatment that he feels comfortable with. I don’t consider that whining, I consider that SMART.

I love how you oh-so-not-so subtly insert your obvious progressive view of our healthcare system, while advocating for redistributive change ala Barry getting some of your unused PT coverage.

I, on the other hand, have another view of our healthcare system. I sustained a spinal cord injury at 18 and have been a paraplegic ever since. At age 30, my kidneys failed and I have been on dialysis ever since. In 98% of the other countries in this world, I’d be dead right now. But because I was fortunate enough to be born in America, I was able to rehab my SCI at a world class facility…a facility, I might add, that takes in many patients who are uninsured or underinsured. And thanks to Medicare, 80% of my dialysis is paid for every month. The other 20%? The company that administers my dialysis supplies simply waives it.

This healthcare system is tops, especially for people with chronic/catastrophic conditions like mine. Yes, there can be some changes, and there should always be a strong social safety net for the uninsured poor who have no other viable option to get their healthcare covered. But your critique struck me as baseless and totally unnecessary. This is supposed to be a football blog, not a political one.

Strike the self-righteous healthcare critique from this post, and it really is a very good one otherwise.

It was just more proof that the players suffer irreparable harm due to the lockout. Most of us would complain if we couldn’t go to our normal doctor anymore because we’d been laid off or fired from our job.

We all know that he is a winner. We also know that winning is all he cares about and will do anything to acheive it. No one, maybe in the history of the NFL (bold I know) works harder than this guy, because of his drive to win. No way, can anyone call him a whiner because he wants to take every precaution possible at age 35 to make sure he is in the best situation to keep winning games. Anyone who does is an idiot who can’t step back and look at the big picture.

I don’t know why there is so much envy of Peyton’s millions, or that he was born in a previliged situation? someone out there really believes that Peyton’s frustration is because he doesn’t want to dole out a few $Ks for his rehab? everybody makes money to the best of it’s ability and oppurtunities he/she earns. Football is a business (entertainment) and people are willing to pay a lot to watch it. who gets what and has what and says what oozes envy and whinning. I just want Peyton to be healthy to entertain me for another 3-4 years. Market dictates what he makes, and I don’t care what he can afford.