Over paid athletes, are they making to much? |
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 Jan 12 2005, 02:41 AM
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 John 3:16  Group: Member Posts: 107 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 19,029  |
Do you think that athletes are payed to much money?
Im sort of back and forth on the issue. They do have a lot hard work to do but I dont think it requires a 10 million dollar salery. |
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| *tweeak* |
Jan 12 2005, 04:46 PM
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yes. 4 year olds on rec teams do a lot of work too
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Jan 12 2005, 07:56 PM
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 jellyfishing, jellyfishing Group: Member Posts: 1,174 Joined: Oct 2004 Member No: 55,185 |
QUOTE(tweeak @ Jan 12 2005, 1:46 PM) yes. 4 year olds on rec teams do a lot of work too  LOL true. yeah, they're getting paid 2 much....the least they could 2 is donate some of their billions of dollars, and many aren't 
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Jan 12 2005, 11:07 PM
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 RiKACHANtEL Group: Member Posts: 3,876 Joined: Sep 2004 Member No: 51,230 |
i dont think anyone should make more than 1 million in sports...bottom line. thats money that could go somewhere useful in the u.s
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Jan 12 2005, 11:13 PM
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 Word. Group: Member Posts: 3,004 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 34,673 |
Athletes are getting paid alot... or mostly in baseball and sports like that.
i though athletes liked to play the game was the cause, not play the game for a cause, to get money. |
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Apr 1 2005, 01:47 PM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 66 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 118,674 |
Athletes get paid far too much.
Some get paid too much to spend all of it. Its rediculus. People are starving out there whilst idiots like Soccer Playas get payed shitloads just for poncing aroung on a soccer pitch |
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Apr 1 2005, 03:53 PM
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athletes are getting overpaid...
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| *basick* |
Apr 1 2005, 05:54 PM
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no... they make revenue for tv, ads, etc so they should get paid.... thats why WNBA players dont get paid as much.. cause they arent making the league any money
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Apr 1 2005, 06:09 PM
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that's why there is a lockdown with the hockey team in canada. they got paid too much and not a lot went to the coaches, but when it came time for the money to decrease, stupid selfish a-holes decided not to play cause they wouldn't be paid as much. yeah keep on demanding more money as people are dying of hunger and homelessness and could be used elsewhere.
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| *nightmare4taki* |
Apr 1 2005, 06:09 PM
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It depends on the situation and the player himself. For example Vince Carter and Tracy McGrady are two overplayed players on my list. They have even made statements that they slack off in a actual game and are just drawing a paycheck. On the otherhand, you take someone like Michael Jordan who has proper work ethics and you will say no he is not overpayed.
For the most part the players are overpayed though. None of the players in sports really care if they win or lose just as long as they get a paycheck. Tell me would you want to pay money just to see someone slackoff and make more money in one night than you do in a whole year. |
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| *basick* |
Apr 1 2005, 06:33 PM
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QUOTE(nightmare4taki @ Apr 1 2005, 3:09 PM) Tell me would you want to pay money just to see someone slackoff and make more money in one night than you do in a whole year. then tell me why the NBA/NFL/MLB still gets sold out arenas and good ratings on television... |
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Apr 4 2005, 02:37 PM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 226 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 117,662 |
athletes are definately overpaid. whats even worse is that lots of athletes dont really care about the game as much. their love for the sport diminish to an obligation just to get money.
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Apr 5 2005, 12:59 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Posts: 8,274 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 8,001 |
Yes they're getting over paid. You guys can boycott by not joining any sports or attend to the games.
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Apr 5 2005, 04:11 PM
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 This bitch better work! Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 13,681 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 28,095 |
yes. but i think that singers are paid too much also so.....
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Apr 5 2005, 06:39 PM
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 I have no life Group: Member Posts: 1,119 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 66,675 |
NHL players don't seem to think so...stupid lock-in..
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| *nightmare4taki* |
Apr 5 2005, 07:32 PM
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QUOTE(basick @ Apr 1 2005, 5:33 PM) then tell me why the NBA/NFL/MLB still gets sold out arenas and good ratings on television... The ratings on NBA basketball are way down from last year. I dont know if its because of overpaid athletes or the split of SHAQ and KOBE. |
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