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Originally Posted by Oldcolt
To me this really has very little to do with the Colts. It is about the bigger issue of how running backs money isn't keeping up with other offensive players. The problem is that rule changes have made running backs complimentary pieces, they don't deserve (if your goal is winning) the same money as the other pieces do-rules changes have made that inevitable. Running backs don't like this and so we have this labor dispute. To me these running backs need to accept reality. This group may never but the next will grow up knowing and need to accept reality. It sucks for all sides but especially for us fans.
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That is so on point. The game has been (and continues to be) artificially transformed in the direction of overwhelming passing games. I half-joke that they're eventually going to become 7-on-7. I think it's a combination of things...
One is the overcompensation (in my opinion as a fan) of the league as a reaction to the lawsuits and bad PR they got when CTE became mainstream. Now we get weekly BS roughing calls on QB's and receivers.
The other is the appeal of these Air-Raid style college offenses that started popping up around the turn of the century. Lots of excitement. So now officials enforce illegal contact like they're Pai Mei.
And now we shit on RB's.