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Pro Athletes Are Paid Too Much
Posted on 9/9/21 at 3:06 pm
Posted on 9/9/21 at 3:06 pm
MLB, NFL and NBA. You can literally play basketball and get paid for it. NFL Sunday Ticket is like $300. MLB players will just follow the money.
You can still be a nobody on a 53 man roster and get millions.
These 3 leagues have the same problems different ways.
You can still be a nobody on a 53 man roster and get millions.
These 3 leagues have the same problems different ways.
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Posted on 9/9/21 at 3:08 pm to rebel cat
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You can still be a nobody on a 53 man roster and get millions
Not really as much as you would think for some of the lower paif
Posted on 9/9/21 at 3:08 pm to rebel cat
Most athletes play in a salary cap league. So the argument could be made that they are paid less than their fair market value
Posted on 9/9/21 at 3:09 pm to rebel cat
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You can literally play basketball and get paid for it
Huh?
Posted on 9/9/21 at 3:16 pm to rebel cat
Outstanding analysis OP. Clearly everyone should have an issue with someone being in the top 0.000001% of their profession, which rakes in billions of dollars of revenue annually, getting fairly compensated with their piece of the pie.
Posted on 9/9/21 at 3:18 pm to rebel cat
BRB, gonna go get on a pro team really quick and get paid
Posted on 9/9/21 at 3:18 pm to rebel cat
Posted on 9/9/21 at 3:20 pm to rebel cat
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Pro Athletes Are Paid Too Much
Posted on 9/9/21 at 3:23 pm to rebel cat
Give me my IQ points back
Posted on 9/9/21 at 3:25 pm to rebel cat
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MLB, NFL and NBA. You can literally play basketball and get paid for it. NFL Sunday Ticket is like $300. MLB players will just follow the money.
You can still be a nobody on a 53 man roster and get millions.
Go for it and let us know how it works out for you.
Posted on 9/9/21 at 3:26 pm to rebel cat
I’m really confused by this thread.
Posted on 9/9/21 at 3:39 pm to rebel cat
The average NFL player in underpaid
Posted on 9/9/21 at 3:59 pm to rebel cat
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You can still be a nobody on a 53 man roster and get millions.
Yep, free market, but it's pretty ridiculous. Some of those guys play little to nothing, but can walk away rich. I'm jealous.
The bigger money starts with the 2nd contract.
But you have to remember, those entourages cost a lot of money to keep going.
This post was edited on 9/9/21 at 4:03 pm
Posted on 9/9/21 at 4:00 pm to rebel cat
Stop watching them.
Posted on 9/9/21 at 4:04 pm to rebel cat
When someone can do something that attracts millions of viewers by doing something less than a thousand people can do at their level… The market for that is incredibly high, right or wrong
Posted on 9/9/21 at 4:12 pm to rebel cat
In your opinion, what is the most a single pro athlete should be allowed to earn? What should be the median salary for a pro athlete?
Posted on 9/9/21 at 4:14 pm to rebel cat
If they get paid market value, I don’t see the problem. Make what you can, when you can.
With that said, I think the fact that these guys are ‘worth’ hundreds of millions reflects a society that has messed up priorities. Firefighters, police officers, etc need to be paid more. That will also increase the number of folks that don’t mind being civil servants, and you can better weed out the shite. Our society will complain about tax dollars going to those jobs before they’d complain about funding a retractable roof stadium.
Again, make what you can, when you can. But all we’ve done is put idiots like Lebron on a pedestal, and that’s not fun.
With that said, I think the fact that these guys are ‘worth’ hundreds of millions reflects a society that has messed up priorities. Firefighters, police officers, etc need to be paid more. That will also increase the number of folks that don’t mind being civil servants, and you can better weed out the shite. Our society will complain about tax dollars going to those jobs before they’d complain about funding a retractable roof stadium.
Again, make what you can, when you can. But all we’ve done is put idiots like Lebron on a pedestal, and that’s not fun.
Posted on 9/9/21 at 4:23 pm to rebel cat
I find it weird how much more often people go after athletes for “making too much” rather than other entertainers like musicians, actors, or anyone big in those industries.
But if you’re going to criticize this, go after people’s priorities. These athletes are making a lot because they are the primary attraction in multi-billion dollar industries.
I think only in poor or hardcore socialist countries are major league pro athletes not making a ton of money compared to the country’s average person.
Also OP started this same exact thread that got to multiple pages like 2 months ago. Not sure why he feels the need to do this again. He barely responded or defended his argument in the last one either.
But if you’re going to criticize this, go after people’s priorities. These athletes are making a lot because they are the primary attraction in multi-billion dollar industries.
I think only in poor or hardcore socialist countries are major league pro athletes not making a ton of money compared to the country’s average person.
Also OP started this same exact thread that got to multiple pages like 2 months ago. Not sure why he feels the need to do this again. He barely responded or defended his argument in the last one either.
This post was edited on 9/9/21 at 4:26 pm
Posted on 9/9/21 at 4:39 pm to rebel cat
The market says you are wrong
Posted on 9/9/21 at 6:24 pm to rebel cat
Is this about TJ Watt?
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Ian Rapoport
Sources: The #Steelers and star pass-rusher TJ Watt have a mega-deal. He’s going to sign a 4-year extension worth more than $112M — $28.003M average per year — with $80M fully guaranteed at signing. The highest paid defensive player in football.
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