Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 For years I've felt that the money generated by professional sports for both owners and players is just nuts and getting worse. I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around this bit of news I just saw in today's paper: Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals was reportedly offered an 8-year $200 million contract and an ownership interest in the team after retirement. He said "no" and negotiations have stopped. What staggers my mind is that a 30-year old playing a game says he's worth more. On the other side is the Cardinals have the financial resources to pay that and still make a lot of money. There might even be another team out there willing to pay more, which would support Pujols position. That's almost $481,000 per week, or just over $156,000 per game! I'm telling ya, it's bizzaroland out there. WOW!
Holden A. Grudge Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 Don't under estimate the involvement of the players union who wants to be sure that the potentialy "best player in the league" would not accept a crontract too small thereby undercutting all other contracts and lowering the bar for future salary potential.
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 Well, professional sports venues are just like a TV set. Don't buy a ticket and see what happens. Turn off the TV and see what happens. Somebody must be raking in the $$$$ or these things would go away. I gave up on professional sports a long time ago. YMMV
DocWard Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 And to think that a doctor making $200,000 a year and a teacher making $50,000 a year are considered over-paid, and a kid just out of high school can bust his can for 40 hours per week doing menial work and bring home minimum wage. Seems our priorities are a tad off.
Henry T Harrison Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 That my friend is why I pay no attention to professional sports. Rich, spoiled, pampered thugs, most of whom couldn’t earn a living even driving a bus if they couldn’t play a child’s game. The biggest fools of course are the people who pay and watch them
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted February 17, 2011 Author Posted February 17, 2011 Well, professional sports venues are just like a TV set. Don't buy a ticket and see what happens. Turn off the TV and see what happens. Somebody must be raking in the $$$$ or these things would go away. I gave up on professional sports a long time ago. YMMV Me too, Badger. My gag factor has been tripped again in recent years with the cost of basketball tickets to watch my alma mater's team, the Kansas Jayhawks. Triple digits & up for a ticket. Haven't bought one in eons. Tickets became such a hot commodity that five top athletic dept. employees were recently convicted of stealing tickets and selling them to brokers. They netted $2-3 million in the scam. NCAA Division 1 sports have morphed into de facto professional sports franchises serving as a farm system for the NFL and NBA. And like professional sports, most of the money generated stays within the athletic departments while little is shared with the academic institution. In any event, no one's holding a gun to my head and making me pay, so I choose not to. I just marvel at the insanity. EDIT: Well said, Bob!!
Cyrus Cassidy #45437 Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 I'm sure the Yankees have already called him.
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted February 17, 2011 Author Posted February 17, 2011 I'm sure the Yankees have already called him. Pujols, or Utah Bob?
Utah Bob #35998 Posted February 18, 2011 Posted February 18, 2011 Pujols, or Utah Bob? Until they get rid of the DH rule, I will not return calls from any American League team.
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted February 18, 2011 Author Posted February 18, 2011 Until they get rid of the DH rule, I will not return calls from any American League team. !!! :lol:
Peachey Carnehan Posted February 18, 2011 Posted February 18, 2011 Odds of making it to MLB Who can calculate the odds of being the best player in baseball? That's like winning the genetic lottery.
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted February 18, 2011 Posted February 18, 2011 The Mariners wanted me for the DH. Then I found out it means DUMB HOMBRE.
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted February 18, 2011 Posted February 18, 2011 These guys are just entertainers, not all that different from Tom Hanks, Jim Carey, Paul McCartney and the like except that their careers are over early. They've got to make it while they can. Now, if you want to argue that Albert Pujols, Tom Hanks, Jim Carey, and Paul McCartney are all overpaid, go right ahead because they are.
Cascade Charlie, SASS # 48668L Posted February 18, 2011 Posted February 18, 2011 I agree that it's an insane amount of money but in Albert's defense...He and his wife do a LOT of charity work and give back an awful lot. I'm just saying..
Utah Bob #35998 Posted February 18, 2011 Posted February 18, 2011 These guys are just entertainers, not all that different from Tom Hanks, Jim Carey, Paul McCartney and the like except that their careers are over early. They've got to make it while they can. Now, if you want to argue that Albert Pujols, Tom Hanks, Jim Carey, and Paul McCartney are all overpaid, go right ahead because they are. Some folks in DC are also way overpaid.
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted February 18, 2011 Posted February 18, 2011 Some folks in DC are also way overpaid. They also keep us entertained. :lol:
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted February 18, 2011 Posted February 18, 2011 They also keep us entertained. :lol: As amazing as all this is... it's even more so that the general populace seems to assign some sort of deep wisdom to such "entertainers." How often do we see 'em quoted with "authority" on issues like animal rights, hunting, the evils of gun control, global warming and such? And still MORE amazing is that people actually listen to these "experts!" (This applies mostly to the non-sports "entertainers.")
Gunner Gatlin, SASS 10274L Posted February 18, 2011 Posted February 18, 2011 Private business' can do as they wish. Now if it were the government spending my money that way - then it's an issue. GG ~
Noz Posted February 18, 2011 Posted February 18, 2011 Albert makes more in 4 innings of play than Joe Dimaggio made per year.
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted February 18, 2011 Posted February 18, 2011 Albert makes more in 4 innings of play than Joe Dimaggio made per year. Only true if you take an average of Joltin' Joe's earnings over his 13 years. Albert makes 156K per game or 17K+ per inning. Joe's best contract was $100,000, 70K plus bonuses. He broke $100K in earnings. Albert would have to work almost 6 innings to make that much money. Now if you throw in the hindsight of next winter and figure that Albert will not play all nine innings for all 162 games, yeah, maybe 4 innings is right.
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