Man, we love to beat up the Hunts and Carl Peterson for their frugality, but you have to feel for them today.</p><p>Their reward for a 4-12 season was the right to select an unproven player at the top of the draft and give him more than enough money to kill his eye of the Tiger.</p><p>Congratulations, Glenn Dorsey. If you handle your money properly, you will live a fantastic life for the next 50 years, thanks to the potential you displayed at Louisiana State University.</p><p>The Chiefs have no such guarantees. In fact, they&#8217;re likely to spend the next two years holding their breath, praying that Dorsey is a solid NFL player and somewhat worthy of a $50 million contract that includes at least 20 million guaranteed dollars.</p><p>If Dorsey is a flop, it will be easy to blame KC&#8217;s latest draft failure on The Artist Formerly Known as King Carl. He&#8217;s had terrible luck identifying young defensive tackles. He misfired on Ryan Sims, Junior Siavii, Eddie Freeman and, quite possibly, Tank Tyler and Turk McBride, too.</p><p>In those instances, it&#8217;s fair to fault Peterson and his scouting department. Sims was inconsistent at North Carolina. Siavii didn&#8217;t even really like football at Oregon. Freeman was a ridiculous reach in the second round. Character questions haunted Tyler before the draft. And the Chiefs somehow surmised that McBride could be an emergency fill-in at defensive end while Jared Allen sat out a 2007 suspension.</p><p>If Dorsey bombs, we shouldn&#8217;t blast Peterson. Dorsey was a no-brainer selection at No. 5. Seemingly every draft projection had Dorsey pegged as the top defensive tackle, and a lot of experts viewed him as the most talented player in the draft. At No. 5, every team in the league would&#8217;ve been more than happy to take Dorsey.</p><p>If he fails, there will be two likely causes: 1. Injury; 2. The ridiculous amount of money he was guaranteed before ever playing an NFL down.</p><p>Rarely do we talk about the role money plays in the success or failure of a young player. Most people agree &#8212; including commissioner Roger Goodell &#8212; that NFL rookies are paid way too much money.</p><p>We think it&#8217;s unfair that an unproven player such as Dorsey received a better contract than Tony Gonzalez has ever received during a Hall of Fame-worthy career.</p><p>Obviously, it&#8217;s a bad business model. It&#8217;s the equivalent of a law firm handing associates better deals than the firm&#8217;s partners. The NBA and Major League Baseball don&#8217;t allow this sort of consistent foolishness (although MLB teams are starting to give out fat signing bonuses).</p><p>The current NFL setup creates instant locker-room disharmony. It&#8217;s my contention that no pro-sports league deals with a higher percentage of veteran players dissatisfied with their contracts. I&#8217;d say 97 percent of NFL players believe their contracts should be renegotiated. And at this time of the year, when top-10 rookies are having dollar bills rained on them, the percentage of unhappy veterans is 99.</p><p>The system needs to be revamped for competitive reasons, too.</p><p>Football is just too violent and challenging to give a young person all that money. It&#8217;s like boxing. Mike Tyson was on his way to dethroning Muhammad Ali as the greatest and then Iron Mike got filthy rich and soft. It&#8217;s hard to run five miles at 5 in the morning when you have mansions in five states and five time zones.</p><p>Do you think Glenn Dorsey is as hungry today as he was two years ago at LSU?</p><p>Money changes people &#8212; in good and bad ways.