I’m appalled.
Soapbox warning. I will keep it short.
25 million dollars for a one year contract to PLAY baseball and he turns it down. And the icing on the cake is that this guy isn’t even from America. He came here to play baseball. He wanted to play baseball or so it seemed. I guess he really came to America to make money. Sports figures have a lot of nerve in my opinion. Let’s face it. Manny Ramirez has a batting average of .332 which means that almost 70% of the time he fails in his job. Take that kind of record back to your job and see how long they keep you much less offer you 25 Million to stay on for a year.
I have heard several arguments for why these “super athletes” should get so much money. The first is that they only produce for a few years compared to regular people who have an income for 25 to 35 years. The other way to look at it is that these guys (and girls) only HAVE to work for a few years. If they are smart and bank even a small portion of their money, they can live out the rest of their lives with more than most of us working people. Wait, I feel better. I just did the math on this one and if I work for 200 years at my current salary, I can make as much as Manny could in one year if he were to accept this paltry offer. I don’t blame him a bit now.
Now the second argument for them making so much money is that they are held to a higher standard than the rest of us, being that they are constantly in the spotlight. In fact our children idolize many of them and often aspire to one day be just like them. That’s right, our children look up to these super heroes. And I have to say that they do a great job up there on that pedestal which makes paying them millions of dollars the right thing to do. Can I hear it for Michael Vick, Michael Phelps, Kobe Bryant and the other excellent examples out there? Way to go guys. Way to set a great example for our children.
Ok I feel better now. I will post something humerous tomorrow.
Have a great day,
Greg
25 million dollars for a one year contract to PLAY baseball and he turns it down. And the icing on the cake is that this guy isn’t even from America. He came here to play baseball. He wanted to play baseball or so it seemed. I guess he really came to America to make money. Sports figures have a lot of nerve in my opinion. Let’s face it. Manny Ramirez has a batting average of .332 which means that almost 70% of the time he fails in his job. Take that kind of record back to your job and see how long they keep you much less offer you 25 Million to stay on for a year.
I have heard several arguments for why these “super athletes” should get so much money. The first is that they only produce for a few years compared to regular people who have an income for 25 to 35 years. The other way to look at it is that these guys (and girls) only HAVE to work for a few years. If they are smart and bank even a small portion of their money, they can live out the rest of their lives with more than most of us working people. Wait, I feel better. I just did the math on this one and if I work for 200 years at my current salary, I can make as much as Manny could in one year if he were to accept this paltry offer. I don’t blame him a bit now.
Now the second argument for them making so much money is that they are held to a higher standard than the rest of us, being that they are constantly in the spotlight. In fact our children idolize many of them and often aspire to one day be just like them. That’s right, our children look up to these super heroes. And I have to say that they do a great job up there on that pedestal which makes paying them millions of dollars the right thing to do. Can I hear it for Michael Vick, Michael Phelps, Kobe Bryant and the other excellent examples out there? Way to go guys. Way to set a great example for our children.
Ok I feel better now. I will post something humerous tomorrow.
Have a great day,
Greg
Comments
we all need to shout about it.
O0kkk relax ~~~ Maybe we should pray and get into agreement.
:) blessings
What do you mean only Edie? :)
I agree with you totally on the baseball player soapbox. Mr. S was a fantastic player - he even got to go to the World Series and sit in the dugout when he was a player in High School. His dream was to be a MLB player - then, in college (same old story) he hurt his arm. They flew him to Boston for surgery, and although he could finish his collegiate career - his dreams of the big leagues were gone. It is sad that there are good people, with talent (and drive) that would give anything to step on those fields of green.... and then you see those who are greedy and waste their talents on abusing their money, power, and vices. Preach on, brother!
If you have skin cancer it takes 3 months to get into the dermatologist, but if you want botox they get you in within 7 days. What is happening to our world?
Sorry - I think I just knocked you off the soap box and jumped on. King of the hill?
Didja get any snow this time? WE did!
They felt that poor little olympic swimmer dude, should get a break because he is young, and hey everyone smokes pot! UGHH!! NO NOT EVERYONE SMOKES POT! I have never smoked pot and I was a wild huligan when I was younger! Ugh, these guys (girls) are paid millions (shouldn't be, but are) and they are role models for our youth and YES they should be held to a higher standard!
I say boot his butt down the road and teach him a real lesson about life, they should treat him like the "Hey dude get a Dell" guy!
Grow up and take responsibilty for your actions! You think if I got caught smoking pot I would still hve a job?
Don't even get me started on football players and the like, millions, ugh! Pay a fireman, a teacher, anyone millions of dollars, they deserve it, not these folks!
Sorry, BFF! Didn't mean to have a mini melt down!!