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Roland Fryer

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162 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

I want people to hear from you, like, what it's like playing running back.

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

I mean, what part of it is mental, physical?

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

How much of it can be taught versus instincts?

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

Tell me in your view, why is the running back market like it is today?

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

I mean, do you feel like the current situation is unfair?

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

Do you feel like it's fine?

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

I hate it.

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

But on the other hand, I don't see any Super Bowl winners in the last 20 years with a mediocre quarterback, maybe Brad Johnson of the Tampa Bay Bucs.

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

I see several with average running backs and really good quarterbacks.

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

Is that a reason that the quarterback position is valued more?

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

Why do you think the running back market is so challenging today?

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

It seems like there is some relationship between the CBA and durability, which is if you've got to wait for five years, and as you say, you've carried the ball all this number of times, then executives are going to look at that and say, how much more does he have in the tank?

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

So durability is part of it through the CBA, right?

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

When market demand changes, particularly in something as intricate as the NFL, then certain positions will be more or less valued.

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

And going in, people will expect that.

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

The other option would be to say, when you do get the ball... Run further?

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

Exactly.

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

Be more productive.

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

This duality has lived in me since I became an economist.

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

But you didn't ask Juju, the kid from Daytona, to advise the players.