Who Has the Best Job in Sports?

[oakfan162]

I got this idea from the Scott Van Pelt show a few days ago. They were asking baseball players who they would switch places with within the game.

I want to broaden the question to all of sports. Who do you think has the best gig? And why?

It could be a sportscaster, personality, athlete, coach, trainer, etc.

I've been thinking about this and I can't come up with my answer yet. Anyways.... Go!

[Cebby]

Re: Who Has the Best Job in Sports?

Steve Francis would have been my obvious choice the last 2-3 years, but since he's no longer receiving payments, it has to be Erin Andrew's pants

[kehlis]

Re: Who Has the Best Job in Sports?

Any professional golfer.

[hailsatan]

Re: Who Has the Best Job in Sports?

Any sports team owner

[bgeno]

Re: Who Has the Best Job in Sports?

One of the guys who handles the Stanley Cup... a "Cup Keeper."

You get to travel all around the world where the players take the Cup and get to go to crazy places and eat all different kinds of food. And I'm sure you get to experience some wacky stuff too.

[deaduck]

Re: Who Has the Best Job in Sports?

Spit bucket guy in boxing...No, wait...maybe I read that wrong.


Oh...Who Has the Best Job in Sports?


Then I'll go with Zamboni driver.

[Watson]

Re: Who Has the Best Job in Sports?

Stretcher Bearers. We(yea i said we) get into all LSU games for free, and sit in the student section. great seats. oh and free concessions. all at the cost of arriving in the stadium 3 hours early.

[Brankles]

Re: Who Has the Best Job in Sports?

Stretcher Bearers. We(yea i said we) get into all LSU games for free, and sit in the student section. great seats. oh and free concessions. all at the cost of arriving in the stadium 3 hours early.

Or you can be a student, get free tickets, get free food at tailgates and you can show up to the stadium any time you want lol. That is a pretty nice job though if you're not a student yet.

I'd say Jamaal Tinsley has a pretty nice job. Allan Houston was raking in dough while injured, and I think Alonzo Mourning was getting paid by three teams at once a few years back.

Right now, I'd have to go with Ben Wallace. Just got paid $10 million NOT to play. I could easily enjoy retirement with that kind of cash.

[e0820]

Re: Who Has the Best Job in Sports?

I will go with non-athlete, because I would guess being any athlete would be the best job in sports. Tiger Woods caddie, after googling I read he made more then $1 million.

[Watson]

Re: Who Has the Best Job in Sports?

Or you can be a student, get free tickets, get free food at tailgates and you can show up to the stadium any time you want lol. That is a pretty nice job though if you're not a student yet.

Students? Free? pahahaha

[Brankles]

Re: Who Has the Best Job in Sports?

Students? Free? pahahaha

70 bucks a year for all home games for the best football in the nation at UF. Practically free.

I'd rather be Ben Wallace, to be honest.

[bgeno]

Re: Who Has the Best Job in Sports?

70 bucks a year for all home games for the best football in the nation at UF. Practically free.

I'd rather be Ben Wallace, to be honest.

You don't pay tuition? lol

[mKoz26]

Re: Who Has the Best Job in Sports?

Steve Francis would have been my obvious choice the last 2-3 years, but since he's no longer receiving payments, it has to be Erin Andrew's pants

Agreed on the second part. But my choice for the last 2-3 years is Stephon Marbury. He got paid to sit on the bench, and sometimes he didn't even need to do that.

Honorable mention is Ron Santo. He gets paid to go to Cubs games, watch them, offer nothing insightful, and make a ruckus whenever something bad happens. He's basically that loud passionate fan who screams at the TV all game long, but he gets paid to do it. But we Cubs fans love him, so he won't be going anywhere soon.

[Brankles]

Re: Who Has the Best Job in Sports?

You don't pay tuition? lol

Actually, no lol. The state of Florida has this thing called Bright Futures, where if you get like a 3.5 GPA, a 1270 on your SAT (might have changed since the recent SAT addition, I took it almost 5 years ago), and do 70 hours of community service, they will give you a 100% free ride to any public school in the state plus money for books. I know with the budget cuts and everything that it's much harder to get now, but when I graduated from high school they were handing these things out like candy.

I just graduated from UF, so now I don't have the option to buy student tickets, but it was a great system they had going when I went there.

[Watson]

Re: Who Has the Best Job in Sports?

I just graduated from UF

unrelated-i just saw this. Congrats on FIU!