![]() No one in their right mind would argue that the cashier ought to earn as much as Sam Walton. The problem is not so much that certain individuals are earning astronomical pay, or even that there is “income inequality” in America. The above may seem like a strange argument coming from a self-confessed liberal. Same reaction to people who complain they’re not being paid “what they’re worth” (which is of course always more than they’re earning), or not being “paid enough to do this job.” Unless you can convince an employer to pay you more, that’s your income and you either have to live with it or find someone willing to compensate you more favorably. There is really no “overpaid” or “unpaid.” People’s incomes are pure and simple a matter of what others are willing to pay, and this applies whether you’re Justin Bieber, a federal agent with black bars over your eyes, a cashier at (let’s not go there), a CEO, Tim Tebow, Jeremy Lin, or an entrepreneur selling a product or service. People love their sports and without these players, other players would come around to take their place and people would still watch. They beleive that without the players, these leagues would fail. I just think that the players unions are very unrealistic. Players make a TON of money in salary and then they want more than 50% of the profits from the owners! What the heck? I don’t care how good I am at my job, I would never be able to demand half of the profits on top of a very high salary. The other thing that drives me nuts is the union. And if I want to sit behind home plate, well, that’s just out of my price range ($2000 a game). Now, I would have to pay over $100 for those exact same seats. I am a HUGE baseball fan and I can remember paying $18 to sit in the right field box seats to watch a game. The first being that the higher the players salary, the more I have to pay for tickets if I want to see a sporting event live. While I don’t mind the high salaries, per se, there are two things about the high salaries that really tick me off. ![]() What Do You Think Peeps?Īre professional athletes overpaid? Should there be pay-caps on certain industries? Should I begin to play a game or is it too late for me? Instead of being bitter that A-Rod signed a $250 million contract, be BETTER at what you do. In virtually all private sector positions, the better you are at your job (compared to everyone else) the better chance you have at getting paid more. If they make a big salary, they are likely drawing in a large fan base. Ya see, professional athletes get paid what they’re worth. ![]() Does Kobe make a lot of money? Heck yeah, he does, but who am I to tell the highest paid athletes in the world that their earning potential should be limited? People get all pissy when they hear Kobe is making $17 million a year, but no one seemed to care when three 20-something guys created YouTube, to later sell it to Google for $1.65 billion. Should we say actors’ salaries should be capped? How about scientists, software developers, and real estate agents salaries should be capped too? People that are the best in the world at what they do, typically are paid well for those skills, whether it be dentist, lawyer, contractor, or blogger. Professional athletes are the creme de la creme. Did you know you literally have a better chance at marrying a millionaire, being murdered, being audited by Uncle Sam, or developing hemorrhoids than you do becoming a professional athlete? Are Athletes Overpaid Compared to Other Professions? That works out to about a 0.0045% chance. The odds for John Doe going pro are 22,000 to 1. I was riding in the car with a friend a while back when they said something along the lines of “Professional athletes are overpaid.” While I don’t necessarily disagree with that statement (Lebron), I have to disagree with the sentiment.
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