Reply #46: You can't complain about "running up the score" in professional sports, people. [View All]

[WildEyedLiberal]

The Buffalo Bills are obviously not as good as the New England Patriots. Duh. But the fact remains that they are STILL BEING PAID MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO PLAY FOOTBALL. When you are getting ridiculous amounts of money to play football, you don't get to whine about other people being better than you; you play hard or go home. This isn't high school football where the players are just amateur kids playing to hopefully have fun and learn teamwork. This is their JOB. The Buffalo defense's JOB - what they are PAID TONS OF MONEY TO DO - is shut down the opposing team. It is NOT incumbent on the opposing team to "help" you or make your job easier because you suck. If the Bills got their asses kicked, then it's up to them to improve, or else the Buffalo organization owes it to the team and the fans to acquire better players. If you sucked at your job, would you expect everyone else to lower their production to make you "look better"? Or would you be looking for another job?

This may be a "game" but at the professional level, it is also a career. In what other career are talented employees expected to stifle themselves so that the slackers aren't embarassed?