Yeah, fans fund the entire thing and that's a fact. If nobody watched nobody would play.
Jenkins has always popped off on Twitter with weird stuff.
And if the customers didn't shop at Publix, it wouldn't stay open. They "fund" the entire thing there too.
Likewise, fans aren't writing the players' checks. The teams/owners are. The fans have nothing at stake in this transaction.
The fans buy DirectTV and tickets to games. They buy the products the NFL games sell. They very much pay for JJ's check.
Joe blow cashier tweets about how his pay sucks and is wanting more money from them. How many minutes does he work for Publix? Maybe as long as Yelp chick kept her job?
Yeah - cuz everyone knows that players always maintain their good behavior after signing big second contracts and that they show everything they are about while on their cheaper rookie deals. Got it.
That's my point. Customers always "pay for" the checks. Whether it's Publix, the Rams, or your restaurant. If nobody is buying, there's no business.
But that doesn't grant the customer/fans any powers or rights. It doesn't make you or Jenkins accountable to them.(a good business is going to want to make their customers happy but there's nothing forcing them to)
And yes, the fans have nothing at stake in this arrangement. The money will come from the Rams. If the fans aren't happy with the deal, they can choose not to spend their money supporting the Rams.
As for whether or not a cashier would lose his job, I have no idea. I don't know if Publix would fire an employee for complaining about his wages on twitter.
As for your last point, we weren't talking about Jenkins mailing it in. We were talking about Jenkins's twitter habits. As Les pointed out, Jenkins has always been vocal on twitter. This isn't new. Every team that wants him is aware of it (including the Rams).