So you're sick and tired about hearing that baseball might strike? I can't stand it either. And you're not surprised Allan Iverson is in trouble, are you? Let's face it, you expect superstar athletes to make bad decisions and "blow it." After all, what do you expect from instant multi-millionaires who have thousands of people telling them how great they are and how much they are loved? Let me tell you, we can expect more.

So what do the baseball strike and Allan Iverson, have in common with Marshall Faulk? I'm proud to say... NOTHING!

This year, in a move that probably makes no sense to his "peers" (but a whole lot of sense to me), Marshall Faulk took less money to help build a good team. Yes, I'm talking about the Marshall Faulk, #28, the all-NFL all-star and yes, the super-superstar took a reasonable contract to help the Saint Louis Rams build a perennial winner.

You might want to read it again. Let me repeat: Marshall Faulk, the all-NFL running back for Saint Louis Rams took a seven-year, $44 million (a small contract for an all-NFL player) to help his team sign other players.

But that's not the best part. Granted, it's great that Marshall Faulk took far less than he had to accept. The best part is what he said about it:
"Hopefully this will set a trend. That's what I wanted to do. Let's go back to the Super Bowl. Let's stick together. There's always a way to work things out in a way that benefits the player and the team."
Read his above quote again. I bet you still can't believe it! But in today's world of spoiled baseball athletes fighting over money and a punk like Allan Iverson running the Philadelphia Seventy-Sixers, you gotta love a man like Marshall Faulk standing up for what's right. Thank you, Marshall!


Ram on,
Don