Well, it’s time for the NBA Playoffs. It’s amazing to me that so many people complain about CEO salaries when athletes are raking in the dough, hand-over-fist. I was thinking about the “outrage” from so many Americans and the utter disdain that many have for CEO’s and their “ridiculous” salaries.
Did you know that the top six NBA teams combined, pay player salaries over a half a billion dollars? B-B-B-Billion, that’s right. In total there are 30 teams with combined players’ salaries exceeding two billion dollars. Kevin Garnet makes $24.75 million alone for throwing balls through hoops. And, that’s just players. NBA head coaches average between $4 and $5 million, plus you have the other coaches, managers, trainers, etc.
So, where is the great “outrage” for these “ridiculous” salaries? Where are all of the picketing activists complaining about these over-paid blokes? I'll tell you where, drinking beer at the Knicks and Lakers games, that’s where.
We sit back and watch billions and billions of dollars get spent for our “entertainment” and ask no questions. Sure, we hear the occasional grumble here and there, but nothing of the likes of the CEO outrage. We watch movie after movie with actors making millions (per movie), and then listen to some of those actors complain about CEO salaries.
This is why I love college sports. Yes, I know that millions are spent for coaches and facilities, but the players are (supposedly) only given scholarships. Now that’s entertainment to me — watching amateurs playing games. If I hear one more pro athlete, in contract negotiation, say “I’ve gotta feed my family,” I think I’ll throw a chair at the TV (well maybe not). Instead, I’ll do like the UN and send them a letter telling them how angry I am, and then, of course, do nothing.
So, I hope you enjoy the playoffs. Me, I’m going to start watching board meetings, you should join me. I figure if the CEO’s are making entertainment salaries, then we can justify them by classifying them as “entertainers.”
I just watched an NBA basketball spectator chuck a beer bottle onto the court. Geez, some people are truly idiots.
I figured out how to get those old comments up without importing, Ron. Should be good to go now.
On the news, by the way. I’m leaving for the next board meeting.
I’m wondering when we’ll stage a chair party. Perhaps everyone in professional sports will mail a chair to the “all around sportsmen” in this country, signifying the inability of all-around-sportsmen (is that a word?) to get up off the couch, recliner, etc., and actually do something for which they could be paid exorbitant salaries. But just like the red letter and tea bagger crowd’s recipients, they won’t get the message. Instead, they’ll use the chair to sit for longer periods while viewing the athletes whose salaries they resent…or maybe it’s the athletes themselves they resent…LOL.
Cav3man: all-around-sportsmen (is that a word?)
NOPE. That’s 3 words.
Cav3 are you Chad?
Yep. I'm testing the new comment system. Hope you like it, because you were the one who moved me to go ahead and install it.
ENJOY!
I do! But I'll like it more once I get it all figured out.
Thanks Chad. Does that mean I have my own editing powers?
OK. I'll settle for the song, "You're my Inspiration."
Unfortunately, Jordan, that feature isn't available yet. In the meantime, as long as your comments are fairly terse, I'll do my best to proof them for you. I'm sure Ron will as well. But as I said, when we're busy it's tough to get that done. Sometimes all you have time for is a cursory reading for objectionable content. We'll do the best we can. Thanks for playing.
Looks as if the "dumbing-down" of America some theorize actually works. I have bashed the CEO, but I also do NOT !!! watch Pro sports…….same said reason. The difference with some folks (maybe) is they can't rationalize between need and want, as in okay to bash the Business but not the Sport. Really, it too is still a business…….but one in which they "want" and we "need" the other .
Yeah, it's sickly funny how some people may struggle to pay their bills, but they would pay any price to see the Lakers or Yankees. What was the cost of that new stadium, some $1.3 Billion or so for the highest paid team in America and it is packed every game.
Reminds me, also, of an article I briefly read other day about Marion Cty looking to add a tax to help with the struggles of running the new venues in Indy. May have read it wrong, but seemed to say to me it's okay to build it, then tax the citizenry more (even the non-sports peoples) because it costs too much to run the damn thing.
It's a big ole goofy world.
So where is the problem? Maybe he was in a sharing mood.
Most likely wasted!
Oh Ronnie Boy, you are such a party pooper!!