I need respect yo
Ok, what the fuck is the problem with athletes? Waa waa waaa I need more money. Waa waa waa, I'm not paid what I am worth. I hate to break it to you, but you are almost worthless. Except as an entertainment mediium, you have no marketable skills besides the ability catch/throw/hit a ball better than other people.
Now, don't get me wrong, entertainment is a vital part of sustaining a stable society. However, entertainment mediums are varied and widespread. It's not like the market on entertainment is cornered. There are lots of ways people entertain themselves, but somehow athletes insist they be paid the most among any of them. If it were up to me, these guys would earn a working wage, not an exorbent able-to-retire-at-30 wage. Not all athelets earn that wage, but the ones that do seem to whine the most.
I'm a huge sports fan, I love sports, I watch them all the time. Then I see shit like Terrell Owens and his enormous contract not being enough for him. I see Iverson claim he can't feed his kid when his salary is over $10mil a year. I see players hold out because they need an extra $1mil on top of their $9mil salary. I see the NHL waste an entire year because the players don't want to get paid only $2-3mil a season, because it just wasn't enough, and didn't want a cap because it would hinder how many extra millions they can make.
Now I know that most people would jump all over those millions, and of course do anything they could to get even more, because more money is better. But I see these guys and they act like they are just like the blue collar workers. They are fighting with them and want the guys who can MAYBE afford two tickets a year because ticket prices are so high because player's salaries are so high, to back them up ont heir quest for more money. They try to appeal to the common man whent he common man has nothing in common. The common man struggles to buy a new car, the players have trouble deciding if they want only 3, or maybe they should get 6, 2 different colors of each.
Stop letting the greedy players push their salaries higher with claims of "I'm not paid enough." You are paid enough. You are paid more than enough. You are paid more in one season than a majority of people will ever earn in a lifetime. Accept your fucking salaries, say "All I can say is that I am thankful I have been blessed with the ability to make enought o support myself and my family" and stop saying "Yo, these bitches only want to give me $15 mil, but I'm worth $18mil, so you all can fuck yourself until I get what I want, cause I'm the best there ever is".
Final thought: Greedy players can go fuck themselves, and as mean as it sounds, I enjoy seeing the mighty fall when they squander the million bestowed upon them, which is probably why they want more, so they won't go broke as quickly.
posted by Berg @ 8/17/2005 01:11:00 PM
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