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re: I find it interesting that a pro athlete can get paid $25million a year....
Posted on 4/6/14 at 8:28 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Posted on 4/6/14 at 8:28 pm to Draconian Sanctions
The first rule of Political Talk is............ Anyone ?
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Posted on 4/6/14 at 8:29 pm to fleaux
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How is 25-30 million too much if the company he works for makes a profit directly related to his services??
Well there is a multitude of things that surround this issue, a lot of things depend on the sport.
And I don't really care what the pidgin heads on this board say, the majority of people (left and right) think that athletes are overpaid, even the ones making far less than 20+ mil a year.
Posted on 4/6/14 at 8:29 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Damn, I really want to fight someone.
Posted on 4/6/14 at 8:29 pm to Draconian Sanctions
You two seem to be peas of the same pod.
Posted on 4/6/14 at 8:30 pm to Sleeping Tiger
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Sleeping Tiger
The business is generating what it's generating. Would you rather the owners just keep more of the profits?
Posted on 4/6/14 at 8:32 pm to cwill
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You two seem to be peas of the same pod.
careful. you keep insulting him like that he's going to come beat your arse. He grew up in PHILLY
Posted on 4/6/14 at 8:35 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Mississippi.
Helluva a County Fair, though.
Helluva a County Fair, though.
Posted on 4/6/14 at 8:35 pm to Ralph_Wiggum
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You need to realize that baseball players have the strongest union. That is why they are the highest paid pro athletes. NFL athletes have the weakest union and yet they play in the more popular sport now and get paid less than baseball players.
There is more to it than that..
Football teams have what, 60-80 guys on the roster? You have 16 games a year..
Baseball has 25.
Over 3 million fans will come to Busch Stadium this year, and 162 games are broadcasted on tv. Some teams have tv contracts in the billions.
And I wouldn't praise baseball too much, what's happening is guys are spending their 20's getting paid nothing, then they're getting these major contracts at the end of their prime.
Things are shifting a little, you're seeing teams buy out arbitration years to get a year or two into a players free agency eligibility, and the player welcomes this because they make more in the short term.
That's not an all inclusive argument, and it wasn't even well said, but the point is to keep in mind that there is a lot more to it than what you said.
Posted on 4/6/14 at 8:37 pm to Sleeping Tiger
Yeah I would agree that baseball players don't have it anywhere near as good as most think. If you're not Robinson Cano you're not going to ever reach your big contract year. At least they have guaranteed deals though.
Posted on 4/6/14 at 9:01 pm to Draconian Sanctions
quote:So did I. I'm from West Philadelphia, born and raised.
careful. you keep insulting him like that he's going to come beat your arse. He grew up in PHILLY
On the playground is where I spent most of my days.
Posted on 4/7/14 at 7:23 am to Sleeping Tiger
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And I don't really care what the pidgin heads on this board say, the majority of people (left and right) think that athletes are overpaid, even the ones making far less than 20+ mil a year.
That's asinine. People are paid according to their replacability. If the owner has miscalculated that value then the business will suffer. It's foolish to think there is a correct value for a certain field of employment.
Posted on 4/7/14 at 8:32 am to Sleeping Tiger
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Football teams have what, 60-80 guys on the roster?
53 on an active roster and 46 can dress out for a game.
As far as revenues,the NFL had about 8.5 billion in 2013 compared to 7 billion for MLB.
Posted on 4/7/14 at 11:48 am to CptBengal
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they are paid exactly what someone is willing to pay them to do their job.
Not true. If this were the case, Lebron would be making at least 50M/yr
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