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Posted on 8/28/18 at 3:53 pm to starsandstripes
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You destroy the analogy you create. Good argument.
Nahh...the best athletes are famous and praised. Instead the shitty ones dying, they just don't get famous these days and aren't rich.
Posted on 8/28/18 at 3:54 pm to 777Tiger
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as consumers of what they are selling, "we" sorta do
I guarantee that I own very little if any of what an athlete has told me I need
Posted on 8/28/18 at 3:54 pm to Tshiz
It says a lot when we have a world population in the billions and less than 15 people can perform at a high level as an NFL qb.
Posted on 8/28/18 at 3:54 pm to Tshiz
The money is not a big deal. We like to watch sports. We buy tickets. We watch on TV. Advertisers see opportunities. They pay for ads. Revenue is generated. We buy merchandise. Leagues and team get money. The players are generally the best at what they do and thus have leverage to get the salaries.
I have no issue with athletes making money.
I do take issue with universities or pro teams that grant huge buyouts for coaches that fail. Same goes for players that fail but that is not abused as much. A coach that sucks arse should not get millions of dollars to walk away. These practices result in higher prices for all of us.
Most problematic is that we think someone like Lebron James, because of his expertise on a basketball court, his money, and his fame, is somehow an expert or credible voice in other matters. There's no logic in that. Same applies to The Rock. Or Bono. Being famous and rich does not mean you're smart.
I have no issue with athletes making money.
I do take issue with universities or pro teams that grant huge buyouts for coaches that fail. Same goes for players that fail but that is not abused as much. A coach that sucks arse should not get millions of dollars to walk away. These practices result in higher prices for all of us.
Most problematic is that we think someone like Lebron James, because of his expertise on a basketball court, his money, and his fame, is somehow an expert or credible voice in other matters. There's no logic in that. Same applies to The Rock. Or Bono. Being famous and rich does not mean you're smart.
Posted on 8/28/18 at 3:55 pm to GrammarKnotsi
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I guarantee that I own very little if any of what an athlete has told me I need
may not own it, but if you pay for any television subscription service you are buying their product
Posted on 8/28/18 at 3:57 pm to 777Tiger
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if you pay for any television subscription service you are buying their product
Do I seem like the kind of guy that does that ? Seriously..If you asked me to name five athletes or die, I'd kill myself..
Posted on 8/28/18 at 3:57 pm to Tshiz
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that we pay athletes millions of dollars?
"we" don't. 32 people do, with their own money, as those 32 see fit.
If you want certain types of classes of workers to be paid a certain amount,you go ahead and you do it. But easy on the "We".
Posted on 8/28/18 at 3:58 pm to Tshiz
[quote]Or it’s just business?[/q
This
This
Posted on 8/28/18 at 3:59 pm to Tshiz
Capitalism at work
Posted on 8/28/18 at 3:59 pm to Tshiz
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What does it say about our society that we pay athletes millions of dollars?
I'd say its worse that people look up to these people(all entertainers) and seek their guidance on how to live everyday life
Posted on 8/28/18 at 3:59 pm to starsandstripes
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Same goes for players that fail but that is not abused as much.
the hell it's not, Texas Rangers are still paying A-Rod for the stupid contract they signed in the early 2000s, Marlins are paying BoBo more now than he ever made playing and will be for some time, those are just two examples
Posted on 8/28/18 at 3:59 pm to JoePepitone
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It says a lot when we have a world population in the billions and less than 15 people can perform at a high level as an NFL qb.
there are loads more that have the ability. these guys just happened to be in a position to take advantage.
Posted on 8/28/18 at 4:00 pm to Tshiz
It says a lot more about common sense in America. How people don’t understand why athletes make so much is amazing to me.
Posted on 8/28/18 at 4:00 pm to Masterag
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there are loads more that have the ability
Absolutely not
Posted on 8/28/18 at 4:00 pm to Tshiz
quote:That free enterprise works.
What does it say about our society that we pay athletes millions of dollars?
Posted on 8/28/18 at 4:01 pm to Tshiz
It says that we have the information distribution capability where you can sell an entertainment experience to millions of individuals at once. Saying we "value" athletes and entertainers too much and don't value more "worthy" but lower paid professions is an argument that completely ignores scale. If we changed our education systems where most students took classes online from the same teacher then our teachers would start getting paid like entertainers because their efforts would start to scale like entertainment.
Posted on 8/28/18 at 4:01 pm to Tshiz
… What you say about his company
Is what you say about society
Catch the mist, catch the myth
Catch the mystery, catch the drift…
Is what you say about society
Catch the mist, catch the myth
Catch the mystery, catch the drift…
Posted on 8/28/18 at 4:03 pm to GrammarKnotsi
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Do I seem like the kind of guy that does that ?
how the hell should I know?
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.If you asked me to name five athletes or die, I'd kill myself..
don't know what to say except for, is that you Ted Kaczynski? definitely in the ultra minority Posted on 8/28/18 at 4:04 pm to UncleRuckus
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It says a lot more about common sense in America. How people don’t understand why athletes make so much is amazing to me.
I would bet most people fall in this category which is terribly sad..
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