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  • Stumbleweed
    Livin' the dream
    • Oct 2006
    • 6279

    #16
    Re: Just looking at the largest contracts in sports history and...

    Bloody hell I knew those F1 guys were paid, but not $51 mil/year kind of paid... holy crap! Hey Kimi, can I borrow $20?
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    • MC Fatigue
      Banned
      • Feb 2006
      • 4150

      #17
      Re: Just looking at the largest contracts in sports history and...

      Originally posted by Cebby
      99% of people doing "more important work" and getting paid significantly less are easily replaceable.

      Elite athletes are not easily replaceable. If billions are going into sports, what exactly should be done with the money if it doesn't go to the players?
      You're not getting my point.

      All they do is provide entertainment. If people stopped cleaning our schools and public buildings, we'd be up **** creek.

      If people stopped playing professional baseball, so what?

      It's ridiculous how much money these guys make for really not improving the world all that much. Entertainment is great. I love it. I respect it. But I respect the guys cleaning up my college's bathrooms and classrooms far more, and I believe they deserve more than they get for it.

      edit: oh, and I get the whole "they get what they bring in" thing. I just think it's disgusting, that's all.

      Hell - people working assisting in surgery make far less than these guys, and they're helping save people's lives.

      Something, to me, is wrong with that picture.
      Last edited by MC Fatigue; 07-19-2010, 10:59 AM.

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      • mKoz26
        In case you forgot...
        • Jan 2009
        • 4685

        #18
        Re: Just looking at the largest contracts in sports history and...

        Originally posted by MC Fatigue
        You're not getting my point.

        All they do is provide entertainment. If people stopped cleaning our schools and public buildings, we'd be up **** creek.

        If people stopped playing professional baseball, so what?

        It's ridiculous how much money these guys make for really not improving the world all that much. Entertainment is great. I love it. I respect it. But I respect the guys cleaning up my college's bathrooms and classrooms far more, and I believe they deserve more than they get for it.
        By watching the games, you contribute to the "problem".

        Maybe our priorities are a mess, but I'm not going to "have less respect" for an athlete because they play a game for money. They probably worked hard to get there (with obvious exceptions of course). Do you really think the janitor is doing his job for the good of the world, or the money? If it's for the money, what sets him apart from an athlete?
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        @CDonkey26

        Originally posted by baumy300
        Yeah, she may be a bit of a beotch, but you get back to me when you find out a way to motorboat personality...

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        • MC Fatigue
          Banned
          • Feb 2006
          • 4150

          #19
          Re: Just looking at the largest contracts in sports history and...

          Originally posted by mKoz26
          By watching the games, you contribute to the "problem".

          Maybe our priorities are a mess, but I'm not going to "have less respect" for an athlete because they play a game for money. They probably worked hard to get there (with obvious exceptions of course). Do you really think the janitor is doing his job for the good of the world, or the money? If it's for the money, what sets him apart from an athlete?
          I didn't say I have less respect because they play for the money. Perhaps, though, I left my comment too open. What I meant was that I respect the janitor more because he's actually doing something that really matters. It's not a glorious job. It's not a well respected job in the eyes of a lot of people. But it's damn important, and without them we'd be in a huge mess, literally.

          Also - the only sport I really watch is the UFC, and those guys generally make average to poor salaries. Although, I do catch football games because my wife likes it - usually I'm bored by half time and doing something else, though.

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          • mKoz26
            In case you forgot...
            • Jan 2009
            • 4685

            #20
            Re: Just looking at the largest contracts in sports history and...

            Originally posted by MC Fatigue
            I didn't say I have less respect because they play for the money. Perhaps, though, I left my comment too open. What I meant was that I respect the janitor more because he's actually doing something that really matters. It's not a glorious job. It's not a well respected job in the eyes of a lot of people. But it's damn important, and without them we'd be in a huge mess, literally.
            I think you're overestimating how much work a janitor does. They mop floors, clean stalls, and take out the trash. They don't work that hard. I respect what they do, but the job is no harder than most everyday average jobs.

            And, these janitors aren't working to improve the world. They're working to fund their own lifestyles. I respect most teachers a lot more, because many take less money than they could earn because they love to help children. The intentions are what mean most.
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            @CDonkey26

            Originally posted by baumy300
            Yeah, she may be a bit of a beotch, but you get back to me when you find out a way to motorboat personality...

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            • MC Fatigue
              Banned
              • Feb 2006
              • 4150

              #21
              Re: Just looking at the largest contracts in sports history and...

              Originally posted by mKoz26
              I think you're overestimating how much work a janitor does. They mop floors, clean stalls, and take out the trash. They don't work that hard. I respect what they do, but the job is no harder than most everyday average jobs.

              And, these janitors aren't working to improve the world. They're working to fund their own lifestyles. I respect most teachers a lot more, because many take less money than they could earn because they love to help children. The intentions are what mean most.
              I didn't say hard - I said important. Also, it can be very hard work at times, requiring a lot of lifting and moving heavy objects around. Especially in a University.

              No baseball for a year in the US = so what?
              No one cleaning any public or private building in the country for a year? Big, big, big, big mess.

              I'll just stop here before I get banned.
              Last edited by MC Fatigue; 07-19-2010, 11:23 AM.

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              • deaduck
                MVP
                • Mar 2009
                • 2389

                #22
                Re: Just looking at the largest contracts in sports history and...

                Originally posted by mKoz26
                I think you're overestimating how much work a janitor does. They mop floors, clean stalls, and take out the trash. They don't work that hard. I respect what they do, but the job is no harder than most everyday average jobs.
                Don't know about what janitors you know...but when I did it for a local Nautical museum, we also did floor stripping/rewaxing and buffer machines. HVAC duct vacuuming, hydraulic lift usage for bulb replacement and cleaning in the great rooms, banquet special events set up and a ton more.

                Plus you have to be like a shark....in constant motion your whole shift.

                Not an easy job at all.

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                • Buckeyes_Doc
                  In Dalton I Trust
                  • Jan 2009
                  • 11918

                  #23
                  Re: Just looking at the largest contracts in sports history and...

                  Originally posted by MC Fatigue
                  I didn't say hard - I said important. Also, it can be very hard work at times, requiring a lot of lifting and moving heavy objects around. Especially in a University.

                  No baseball for a year in the US = so what?
                  No one cleaning any public or private building in the country for a year? Big, big, big, big mess.

                  I'll just stop here before I get banned.
                  Wouldn't jobs be lost due to no baseball, including janitors who work at the stadiums?
                  Last edited by Buckeyes_Doc; 07-19-2010, 11:54 AM.
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                  • ZM Punk
                    We Spent Some Money!
                    • Feb 2003
                    • 6260

                    #24
                    Re: Just looking at the largest contracts in sports history and...

                    Originally posted by Taur3asi3
                    No soccer players on that list? I'm not surprised but still pretty dumbfounded that baseball has the entire top 10 except for 2 F1 drivers, though I'm equally dumbfounded by the fact that the drivers are getting 40 and 50 million per year, holy crap thats nuts.
                    Players salaries aren't near the level in Soccer as they are over here. The highest paid players make around 5 or 6 million a year, not counting endorsement.
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                    • mKoz26
                      In case you forgot...
                      • Jan 2009
                      • 4685

                      #25
                      Re: Just looking at the largest contracts in sports history and...

                      Originally posted by deaduck
                      Don't know about what janitors you know...but when I did it for a local Nautical museum, we also did floor stripping/rewaxing and buffer machines. HVAC duct vacuuming, hydraulic lift usage for bulb replacement and cleaning in the great rooms, banquet special events set up and a ton more.

                      Plus you have to be like a shark....in constant motion your whole shift.

                      Not an easy job at all.
                      I understand, but the job is still not that hard. It's as hard as most other jobs involving physical work. And trust me, I mean no disrespect to any janitors out there, but it certainly isn't a harder job than most in professional sports. It may be more important, but do people choose to be janitors based on its importance?
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                      @CDonkey26

                      Originally posted by baumy300
                      Yeah, she may be a bit of a beotch, but you get back to me when you find out a way to motorboat personality...

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                      • mgoblue
                        Go Wings!
                        • Jul 2002
                        • 25477

                        #26
                        Re: Just looking at the largest contracts in sports history and...

                        IMO it's only a matter of time before baseball contracts go down...So many people get undeserved money.

                        It's happening to basketball soon, and I'm guessing MLB will be the last to fall.
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                        • MassNole
                          Banned
                          • Mar 2006
                          • 18848

                          #27
                          Re: Just looking at the largest contracts in sports history and...

                          The problem with baseball is that the money teams make enough to otherwise price everyone else out of the FA market, thus keeping salaries overly inflated. The other problem is role players getting larger contracts that make other role players demand similar pay. If MLB doesn't fix that I see the league dropping teams by 2020.

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                          • SPTO
                            binging
                            • Feb 2003
                            • 68046

                            #28
                            Re: Just looking at the largest contracts in sports history and...

                            Originally posted by mgoblue
                            IMO it's only a matter of time before baseball contracts go down...So many people get undeserved money.

                            It's happening to basketball soon, and I'm guessing MLB will be the last to fall.
                            I guarantee basketball contracts will go down and there'll be a hard cap. The NBAPA is a paper lion in that they project themselves as a strong union but once the owners lock them out for 3 months or more the players will have already spent their money and will do almost anything to get back on the court.

                            Baseball OTOH...As long as there are teams like the Yankees, Red Sox and the like willing to spend like drunken sailors then there's not going to be any kind of hard cap besides, the MLBPA is the strongest union on the face of the earth. Even in '94 the owners didn't get as much as they originally wanted.
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                            • Cebby
                              Banned
                              • Apr 2005
                              • 22327

                              #29
                              Re: Just looking at the largest contracts in sports history and...

                              Originally posted by MC Fatigue
                              You're not getting my point.

                              All they do is provide entertainment. If people stopped cleaning our schools and public buildings, we'd be up **** creek.

                              If people stopped playing professional baseball, so what?

                              It's ridiculous how much money these guys make for really not improving the world all that much. Entertainment is great. I love it. I respect it. But I respect the guys cleaning up my college's bathrooms and classrooms far more, and I believe they deserve more than they get for it.

                              edit: oh, and I get the whole "they get what they bring in" thing. I just think it's disgusting, that's all.

                              Hell - people working assisting in surgery make far less than these guys, and they're helping save people's lives.

                              Something, to me, is wrong with that picture.
                              Then you're advocating for a centrally planned economy where a committee will determine what each person's job is worth.

                              0 developed countries have a planned economy.

                              No baseball for a year in the US = so what?
                              No one cleaning any public or private building in the country for a year? Big, big, big, big mess.
                              The difference is that very, very, very few people are capable of playing professional baseball.

                              Anybody is capable of being a janitor. That's why those positions are mostly filled with uneducated people and immigrants.

                              If you want janitors to be paid as much as baseball players then convince everyone in the US to stop watching baseball and convince companies to hire janitors at far more than their market value is.

                              Good luck with either.

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                              • Kevin26385
                                EA Game Changer
                                • May 2004
                                • 5147

                                #30
                                Re: Just looking at the largest contracts in sports history and...

                                Wow..Look at that Vick contract..he was inked until 2014. Crazy how what he did changed his career as well as Matt Ryan.

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