$700 Million! Wow!

[Banshee7]

ALL pro sports and entertainment personalities are grossly overpaid.

Don’t say that in front of a professional female athlete 

[GasTeddy]

Don’t say that in front of a professional female athlete 

Especially if her sport is MMA.

[Meatwad]

Not only that, but now in some sports you dont know if the female athlete is a true female or someone pretending to be one

[xanax]

Folks think athletes are overpaid.
The money to pay them comes from somewhere.
Supply, demand and capitalism....all of that.

Yeah, I think it's absurd as well. Yet, I do nothing to stem the cash tide. I buy the advertised products, I go to the games and I buy the $12 beers and $42 Red Sox caps. No point in complaining if I'm the source.

Most of us can do an ordinary job and most of us pay extra for an exemplary job. Pretty much none of us can hit a Nolan Ryan nasty. Those few that can, we watch them and we pay to do so. The more of us that do so, the more they get paid. If enough of us decide that it's too costly to watch a skillset, the cost to watch comes down the salaries do as well-just ask the LPGA and PBA.

Yup, it's astounding and critical mass has to be met at some point....or does it?

 Everyone who gives a crap about their job knows what they are worth to their employer and expects to be paid in accordance to that worth.


 

[LNG15]

Folks think athletes are overpaid.
The money to pay them comes from somewhere.
Supply, demand and capitalism....all of that.

Yeah, I think it's absurd as well. Yet, I do nothing to stem the cash tide. I buy the advertised products, I go to the games and I buy the $12 beers and $42 Red Sox caps. No point in complaining if I'm the source.

Most of us can do an ordinary job and most of us pay extra for an exemplary job. Pretty much none of us can hit a Nolan Ryan nasty. Those few that can, we watch them and we pay to do so. The more of us that do so, the more they get paid. If enough of us decide that it's too costly to watch a skillset, the cost to watch comes down the salaries do as well-just ask the LPGA and PBA.

Yup, it's astounding and critical mass has to be met at some point....or does it?

 Everyone who gives a crap about their job knows what they are worth to their employer and expects to be paid in accordance to that worth.

There were some overpaid players in the past from the Angels which was legitimately the most stupid decisions ever made by Arte Moreno. Albert Pujols for $275 Million, Vernon Wells, Josh Hamilton, CJ Wilson and to name but a few. Personally Ohtani should be a full ability instead of hitting because he is a decent pitcher. He will get surgery for his arm in the future, but for him to be worth $700 Million, he needs to be fully healthy. This could end up like Bobby Bonilla Day of he is hurt and has to be bought out.

[Drano]

It came out yesterday that he's deferring almost all of the contract, $680M, for 10 years! He's gonna get paid $2M a year for 10 years taking the rest at the end. That's been described as Bobby Bonilla day on steroids! That's great news for the Dodgers in the near term as it gives them room to sign players. This guy is a generational talent but he won't be pitching until at least next year. They need pitching bad. They might sign Kershaw if he decides to come back just so he can end his career with them but his sun has clearly set. Buehler had TJ #2 and isn't starting the season. May also coming off TJ #2. Couple of big question marks there.

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[Eagler]

Just shows we have our priorities all screwed up and the world isn't going to get any better until we correct that..

...in other words this place isn't going to get any better

People living under the scarface philosophy lol



 

Eagler

[xanax]

There were some overpaid players in the past from the Angels which was legitimately the most stupid decisions ever made by Arte Moreno. Albert Pujols for $275 Million, Vernon Wells, Josh Hamilton, CJ Wilson and to name but a few. Personally Ohtani should be a full ability instead of hitting because he is a decent pitcher. He will get surgery for his arm in the future, but for him to be worth $700 Million, he needs to be fully healthy. This could end up like Bobby Bonilla Day of he is hurt and has to be bought out.

I thought for sure Hamilton was a future HOF guy. As usual, I was way off-just like I was with Greg Jeffries, Mike Greenwell, Freddie Patek (kidding!) and Bobby Bonilla. At least Bonilla still gets paid like a HOFer.