pleake17 wrote:DarthViper3k wrote:Besides... I can't feel sorry for for multimillionaires losing a million here and there
Yep, getting paid millions to play a game mostly everyone can play.
superben21 wrote:The problem is your premise is wrong
It's not a game anymore. It's a profession. They don't get paid to enjoy themselves they get paid to be the best and nothing but the best. Sure I can run a 4.52 in the 40 (need to train and get under 4.5) however, there is no way I'm covering these guys in the pro's who are slower. Its not just hard work and determination. Its talent plus hard work. [I lack the hard work part
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Anyway their "value/pay" in millions because thats what the market dictates. By paying for tickets and buying jerseys we are in-affect saying we value these players at incredible amounts.
Even with the premise of football as a profession is still wrong. Why?... b/c its still a far better job than what 80% of americans do for a living. It's still a job they enjoy.. its still a job that they don't absolutely hate..... while most of american is earing a shit wage for jobs they hate.
I fully respect the fact that they're the best of the best.. an elite few. Compared to the # of players in college... we're talkin about the top 1.79% of college athletes....
[1] (and only 0.0005% of the US Population)
[2]I have absolutely no problem with showing respect for that....
Just like corprate CEO's make millions... computer programmers (like what I used to do) can make anywhere from 50k/yr to 200k/yr (depending on which industry they're in)....
I can also fully respect the fact that in the end it is their job and like everybody else in this country they want pay raises.
I still can't respect their pay grade or players whining and bitching about their pay.
When I was working at Echostar Technology as a programmer making 30k... and working tons of overtime... I found myself a victim of political change. new director of engineering came in.... whole department got restructured...over time limits started getting changed... and people such as myself that was working all the overtime available ended up getting released.
As much as I loved having so much money (with the overtime I was working I was bringing home an extra 5-10k/yr) but I loved that place.. those people and the job so much more. Had the new management made their goals clear... I would've GLADLY have taken a paycut to have stayed there. I don't understand why such a concept of taking a small paycut is such a horrific idea for football players.
I mean for fucks sake... they're making anywhere from 500k-20mill a year.... and to do what? Yea football is hard work... ya if you want to be like Charles Woodson, Darrell Revis, Tom Brady, or any ultra elite player you gotta work every bit as hard as any other 9-5 joe....
But damn it... in the end... they're playing a GAME... they're doing what most every 5yo american boy dreams of doing... while the rest of us regular joes earn shit wage for jobs, if we're lucky, we're able to tolerate. I loved my job at Echostar... it wasn't my dream job.. but I haven't enjoyed any other job nearly as much as that job.
I can't bring myself to sympathies or feel sorry for somebody being paid millions for a dream job when roughly 70% of americans are being paid shit wages for jobs they hate
[3]Can't bring myself to be happy for a NFL player that gets a pay raise either...
Hell.. I can't even bring myself to feel sorry for a guy like Nick Collin's that had a career ending injury in 2011. Was I concerned for his health? Sure.. I'm not a complete jackass... but what he made in a single year I could put into a bank account and live comfortably on the interest for the rest of my life without ever having to get a job.
[4]Sorry... I wont feel sorry for somebody getting a paycut.... and for the most part I've lost tons of respect for the vast majority of NFL players... soo tired of hearing the argument that "they've gotta take care of their families"
bull shit. (I feel it as a lil insulting too)
[1]
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_NCAA ... _are_there -
http://www.numberof.net/number%C2%A0of% ... 2%A0teams/ - Compared to # of active players in the NFL (32 teams * maximum 53 man active roster.. 1,969)
[2] Based on July 2012 posted population of 313,914,000
https://www.google.com/publicdata/explo ... population[3]
http://www.forbes.com/sites/carminegall ... employees/[4]Wellsfargo CD Savings account for 24month period posts a 0.25% interest rate... at $1 million the interest would still be 250,000k/yr... their 6month CD has a 0.15% interest rate... which would be 150,000k/yr. Standard CD accounts with an interest rate of 0.05%... thats still 50k/yr.
https://www.wellsfargo.com/savings_cds/ratesSorry for my soap box..... I'm like one of a very small group of people in my area that even watches the NFL... almost entirely due to the above... everybody here watches NCAA Football "because they play for love of the game not the money" (Tired of hearing that too)