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07-10-2017 05:32 AM
There is something seriously wrong with a society that considers it acceptable to pay someone $170 million dollars over 4 years to throw a basketball through a hoop and then have the team that is involved Post glowing press releases about it like this is,something to be proud of. I am glad I am old and probably will not live long enough to see the downfall of a country that considers this sort of obscenity to be normal.
07-10-2017 06:16 AM
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07-10-2017 06:27 AM - edited 07-10-2017 06:39 AM
07-10-2017 07:18 AM
Well, it's a free market. Professional athetes are entertainers and Americans like to be entertained. Entertainers are paid what the market bears. I guess if Americans had less disposable income they wouldn't pay as much for entertainment and we wouldn't see such exorbitant salaries.
07-10-2017 07:59 AM
I agree 100%, but I have come to understand this issue this way:
Sports stars are valued not by their contribution to society, but by thieir ability to bring $$ to the team ownership. The owners are willing to pay $X million to a player, because they can generate $X+Y mlllion in revenue. Spend money to make money.
It is not that way witih other professions. Other workers are a drain on the company coffers, not a $$ generater.
It has nnothing to do with "value" in terms of value to society.
07-10-2017 08:44 AM
WE are valued in our society not by our contribution to society but by our ability to make money for our employer. I was a critical care nurse. I know that I saved hundreds of lives thru the coarse of my career but in Pittsburgh there is a glut of nurses - there are several colleges turning out thousands of new nurses each year, thus nurses in Pitts are poorly paid. On the other hand my DH worked in sales. He was hard working, and made commission. His income was 4 times mine. He sold motors for a living - I saved lives. Go figure.
07-10-2017 09:15 AM
Bottom line is money.
As long as John Q. Public keeps buying tickets to watch, buys the products that the athlete endorses, keeps filling those stadiums with fans that buy the food, drink and shirts, the franchises will pay the big money.
Like everything else that gets changed, it starts with the individuals funding it....and that is sports fans in this instance. If 'we' don't watch, attend or support, the pay would come into line.
07-10-2017 09:35 AM
@KathyPet wrote:There is something seriously wrong with a society that considers it acceptable to pay someone $170 million dollars over 4 years to throw a basketball through a hoop and then have the team that is involved Post glowing press releases about it like this is,something to be proud of. I am glad I am old and probably will not live long enough to see the downfall of a country that considers this sort of obscenity to be normal.
So when a sports team makes hundreds of millions of dollars in merchandising, distribution and ticket sales the owner is just supposed to keep all the money? The players shouldn't get paid proportionately well?
07-10-2017 09:50 AM
What steams me is that the team owners blackmail cities to pay for their stadiums.
07-10-2017 10:01 AM
I agree that the world is turned upside down.Intelligent people working to make our lives better,safer,easier,healthier are paid less and not notable while our entertainers get all of the riches and accolades.I think there has become too much emphasis on sports and not enough on education.....not going to keep America great.
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