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A person making a $200 Sheldrick Redwine Jersey ,000 salary can live a very comfortable lifestyle. Jets outside linebacker Brandon Copeland knows that.So Copeland, who signed a one-year, $1.75 million contract with the Jets this offseason, said he’ll live as if he was only making about 10 to 15 percent of that, or around $200,000 a year. The rest Kaleb McGary Jersey , he’ll save.“I’m not too flashy; I don’t need a lot,” Copeland told CNBC. “I need to be maximizing every single day I have in the NFL because I don’t know when this NFL platform will be swept right under my feet.”Copeland said he feels no need to drive the nicest car to the team facility or wear the expensive clothes that many NFL players wear.“The biggest money lesson I’ve learned is basically don’t try to keep up with the Joneses,�? he said. “If that’s not something of value to you, then don’t chase it.”Copeland is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and is spending time there this offseason talking to students about the importance of saving money.“Ultimately, being able to cut your expenses will help you save money so that you can have a nice nest egg,�? Copeland said.The 27-year-old Copeland realizes something that too few NFL players do: If you’re a professional athlete Kendall Sheffield Jersey , you’re probably going to make more money in your 20s than you’ll make in any other decade of your life. You may need that money you make in your 20s to last half a century or more. The less you spend now, the more you’ll have later. Giants safety Antoine Bethea had a pithy explanation of why the owners want an 18-game schedule and the players do not: It affects the owners’ bottom line, and it affects the players’ bodies.Bethea said that the people who will suffer increased injury risk if the players are required to play two more games a year are the ones who oppose it, while the people who will see increased revenues are the ones who support it.“The people that’s talking about 18 games obviously aren’t the people who are on the field,�? Bethea said, via the . “It’s not affecting them. It’s not affecting their bodies. All it is affecting is their pockets in a positive way. So I don’t think they’re really thinking about the reaction it will have on the players. I think the setup we have now has been working. If it’s not broke John Cominsky Jersey , don’t fix it. I think where we’re at right now is cool, 16 games. We still have postseason. I think what we got going on now is good.”With the players adamant that the season should not be expanded, what we don’t yet know is whether either side is going to be willing to concede on another issue to get its preferred season length. The length of the season is one of the many issues that needs to be resolved before the next Collective Bargaining Agreement can be agreed upon.