NFL bad boy Warren Sapp has been a bit thuggish lately. Sapp has a habit of harrassing the opposing team during pre-game warmups, and he is upset that the NFL is trying to dissuade his arrogant behavior reports Fox Sports.

"I knew (the league) was gonna do what they did because they've been notoriously against Sapp. Like I said before, it's a slave system. Make no mistake about it, slave master say you can't do it, don't do it. They'll make an example out of you."

So, here is an arrogant football player comparing the NFL to white slave master; comments that seem much more insensative than anything Rush Limbaugh said about the media. Sapp followed up the comments by going out on Sunday and bullying an NFL ref as he tried to take the field. For that action, the league has fined Sapp $50,000 and threatened to suspend him for at least one game or more. Don't worry about Sapp though, because for someone who describes himself as a slave, he stands to rake in $6.6 Million in 2003, the final year of his $36 Million contract with Tampa Bay.

Slavery sure pays a lot more than it used to.