Comments on: we should go back to the middle ages where you were inslaved if you owed someone money http://www.getofftheinternet.org/we-should-go-back-to-the-middle-ages-where-you-were-inslaved-if-you-owed-someone-money/2009/04/22/ Dedicated to bringing you the best of the worst. Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:50:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Brad http://www.getofftheinternet.org/we-should-go-back-to-the-middle-ages-where-you-were-inslaved-if-you-owed-someone-money/2009/04/22/comment-page-1/#comment-34735 Brad Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:33:59 +0000 http://www.getofftheinternet.org/?p=217#comment-34735 Seriously, fan entitlement on this case is absolutely baffling. You have legendary players, who made a relative pittiance compared to modern players (and often had to hold down off-season jobs) - many of whom are now destitute, cripppled, or suffering from concussion-induced dementia, and whose *own union* clearly collaborated to structure agreements in a way so they didn't have to pay out royalties, and then had the balls to write out how exactly they wanted to screw over *their own* (poorest) membership in a memo. Why shouldn't videogame fans feel somehow cheated? The most important thing is that we respect the constitutitional amendment enshrining the right to use likeness and representation of professional atheletes in video game recreations. Won't someone think of the children? Or Tecmo Bowl? Or Children playing Tecmo Bowl? Is that what we want again? IS IT? Seriously, fan entitlement on this case is absolutely baffling. You have legendary players, who made a relative pittiance compared to modern players (and often had to hold down off-season jobs) – many of whom are now destitute, cripppled, or suffering from concussion-induced dementia, and whose *own union* clearly collaborated to structure agreements in a way so they didn’t have to pay out royalties, and then had the balls to write out how exactly they wanted to screw over *their own* (poorest) membership in a memo.

Why shouldn’t videogame fans feel somehow cheated?

The most important thing is that we respect the constitutitional amendment enshrining the right to use likeness and representation of professional atheletes in video game recreations.

Won’t someone think of the children? Or Tecmo Bowl? Or Children playing Tecmo Bowl? Is that what we want again? IS IT?

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