Player Hater Poll: “Overpaid” Athletes
Q1: Are you one of the Top 450 people in the world at your line of work?
Q2: At anything?
Q3: Would you be willing to purchase a ticket to watch a physician do his or her job, therefore enabling them to make salaries comparable to athletes?
Q4: Would you be willing to ask your local government officials to raise your taxes by thousands of dollars, therefore enabling teachers to make salaries comparable to athletes?
Q5: If you were one of just 450 people directly responsible for generating over $4 billion in annual revenue, would you honestly consider a $5.3 million payday to be absurd (average NBA salary)?
Q6: Do you feel you should be indebted to the people who patronize your place of employment?
Q7: By the age of 18, had you dedicated as many as 10 years of your life to any particular career path?
Q8: Honestly – do you work as hard at anything on a daily basis as these men do at their “game”?
I didn’t think so. Now sit down and shut the fuck up.
TRUTH!! Preach brother
1A1: Yes
A2: Definitely
A3: No, like my sport, I would just watch it on TV for free if such a thing caught my interest.
A4: No, but I would be willing to privatize the education system so that the quality of American education would go up.
A5: No, because I am actually 1 of 6 people who help to generate a $450.5 million in annual revenue for my company.
A6: Of course you are indebted to the people who patronize your place of employment; those people are called customers; without whom your place of employment would go out of business.
A7: No, I chose to not waste my time in preparing to work for someone else to make them rich while I maintained a mediocre income. I did spend 3 years (from age 15-18), writing a business plan for my current business, of which I own 1/6 (see A5).
A8: Yes, and probably harder to be honest. I dedicate around 14-16 hours a day, 7 days a week to running my business.
I really have no opinion on the subject of an athlete’s income. I really couldn’t care less. However, this post seemed condescending so I decided to answer the questions.
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