The NFL is a harsh business…which is to say it’s a business, as that is its nature. There aren’t as many players out there as you’d think you really have the attitude that they would ‘play for free’, as they sometimes say—and a lot of that just has to do with how much of a business the NFL really is, something the players know far better than, well, I do. But I try to listen to them when they say it.
The ugliest part of the business is, unfortunately, the fans, especially because they are also the most beautiful part.