This football season I and so many others like me are suffering from a serious and debilitating underprovision of a good that I deem to be essential. What is this good you might ask. It's Tom GOAT Brady playing for the Patriots.
Unfortunately for me, Brady and the Patriots were unable to reach an agreement on Brady's new contract and because of this he left us for the Buccaneers. This may partly be due to the fact that Brady wanted to separate himself from the Pats and prove his worth as an individual and not merely a part of the Pats Legacy. A large part however is most likely due to salary negotiations. Brady was only predicted to make 30 million dollars in the next two years with the Pats. One article reports that Tom Brady gave up anywhere from 60-100 million dollars over the course of his career for the sake of keeping the Patriots competitive. It seems he finally realized what his worth was and sold himself off to the Buccaneers for the sum of $50 million.
I propose that we the fans take matters into our own hands and provide the rest of the funding necessary to get Brady back. Statista estimates from data available on Facebook that there are close to 7 million Pats fans. If each of us pitches in a meager $3 we can supplement the salary that the Pats were offering Brady, bringing the grand total to 51 million dollars. Therefore we would make sure Tom is not only indifferent between the Pats and the Bucs but ensuring he would receive more by coming back home.
Sadly this will probably never happen. As fans we are always free riding on the teams decisions and their ability to pay players a decent salary. There has been no incentive for us to contribute to this. Because of this we are now all suffering, having to watch every week as the Pats get pummeled without Brady. Our hopes of a 7th SB win going down the drain. Now all I need to do is find a way to force my fellow Pats fans to conform to my plan.
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