A Rod....Man I just don't care anymore.

[Terminal23]

The more I think about this the more pissed I get.This guy makes about 74,000 dollars a day everyday.No matter what.I work all year and bust my ass and make 32,000 dollars.That means he gets up at lets just say 9 am and is awake for 4 hours and he has made what I made for the entire year.Is it no wonder why baseball is fast becoming an obsolete sport.There is no way in hell you can relate to these over payed players.I literally hate these people because of it's absurdity.I really cant blame this guy for making that amount of money because if I had the opportunity I'd do the same.I just don't understand how it has come to this.I can't afford tickets to major league games anymore,let alone a season pass. Same goes for basketball,football,etc.For me sports has been ruined by these astronomical salaries.If this life is it and indeed there is no afterlife I will really be peed off.What a waste. Am I the only person who feels this way?

[Mike]

Don't go. That's the only real advice I can give you. Apparently someone wants to go, especially since stadiums are building more luxury boxes. (For the people that the teams really care about).

Professional athletes may be overpaid, but I will tell you, like everyone: Do what they do, on their level. If you could, then you wouldn't have to make such a useless post.

[brandon184]

Do what they do, on their level. If you could, then you wouldn't have to make such a useless post.

a) Easy, Sally... If you want to attack someone for useless posts; I refer you to my post on dishwashers. My PM box is always open.

b) That's not necessarily true... There are plenty of excellent athletes out there who aren't pro, and probably won't ever see an opportunity to go pro.

- Brandon

[Mr. Goodbytes]

If I wanted to hear endless droning, I'd turn on the air conditioner. Quit whining about how much you don't compare to these guys and go do something with your life that's constructive. Sitting there mired in jealousy is no way to live your life and will never amount to anything but your own destruction.

[brandon184]

Crazy Mr. Goodwrench!

[vass0922]

people are weird around here
He's complaining that ticket sales are astronomical caused by exceedingly high salaries... and you folks are bashing him for being jealous

whatever

[Skywalker[TSG]]

Damn 74000 per day !?

I'm ok with 74000 a month , thats a fair amount of money
if they are good at their sport , I used to work for Swedens largest Hockey team , Djurgården Hockey , and some of their players trained and did hockey stuff for 10hours per day and they never got more than ~100000 per year. It's no wonder we lose players like Mats Sundin and Forsberg to NHL teams when we pay that little.

[Epidemic]

I think the payment of large sums of money to these Neanderthals is rediculous. To play a game???

Well I guess Supply and demand do factor into it butttttt. The reality of it is that absent sports these guys would be digging ditches laying bricks and stocking shelves. Just seems weird!!!

They should makes lots 100,000 to 500,000 of money as they are destroying their bodies but jeepers.

I guess what I find most offensive about professional athletes is that they become role models for roles which the hopeful child has virtually zero chance of ever making it. Gawd were it only that kids held doctors and teachers in the same respected status.

Virtually every child has a chance to become a doctor (at least the majority of kids) But one tenth of one percent will ever have a shot at pro athlete. Most people are equipped with a brain which can be molded into brilliance. But only a select few throwbacks who by accident produce too much testosterone will ever become professional athletes Of that group only a few will make fortunes.


Ahhhh, priorities are all wrong.

"Uggg me throw em ball far."

"Uggg me hit em ball"

"me run fast"

There are a few exceptions to the stupid caveman but the fact remains that your kid does not have a reasonable chance of becoming a big time athlete. But they well could become a doctor, scientist, a college Professor, a business owner.

[zen]

Originally posted by Mike
If you could, then you wouldn't have to make such a useless post.

Hey Mike, try chillin out. Nothing wrong with a rant about overpaid athletes. I happen to agree.

[U-96]

don't forget you'd have to be a very lucky/skilled pro athlete to be at the top of the game for more than ten years.

One busted knee and that's it, career over at 21 if they are unlucky - a whole childhood dedicated to training, then its back to the supermarket checkout because academic stuff was sacrificed for being on the field.

A tiny proportion are smart enough to build successful business empires for when they can't play - most blow it on sex and drugs and rock'n'roll lifestyles. You'd be surprised how many former Pro soccer players in the UK claim benefits or run pubs

Add to that the issue of privacy and paparazzi, I'd say I'd want a lot of money for all that too