Running Back: Unwanted Fame

Stockpile running backs. That is the trend that most National Football League teams are going for these days, but why? The reason is simple, running back is the most damaging position in football. As a running back, on every down of every series of every game you expect to get hit. The nature of the sport makes it so that while you have to have a balance of passing and running the ball to be successful in the NFL. Every week it seems to be another star running back injured, every week some new and obscure players signs with a team and somehow eventually gets playing time.
But are these players being treated fairly? They are constantly being battered and bruised and not properly compensated. While the Larry Johnson’s and LT’s of the world are getting the money they deserve, plenty of other running backs today don’t get paid for their services.
They don’t call them workhorses for nothing. Truth is if I was a running back in today’s NFL I would do my best for one year, sign a big contract and just get the heck out of there. It is not worth risking your life and health to not get the proper pay, when in the end you are just bound to retire early anyways.
Maybe these NFL teams should think about making running back the highest paid position, and not quarterback, heck they only receive punishing hits at most seven times a game. A starting running back can more than triple that number.