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0 | 96 | 65.75% | |
2 | 16 | 10.96% | |
4 | 5 | 3.42% | |
6 | 7 | 4.79% | |
8 | 3 | 2.05% | |
10 | 9 | 6.16% | |
Yes but Mahomes is exempt | 9 | 6.16% | |
I am gay | 1 | 0.68% | |
Voters: 146. You may not vote on this poll |
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05-28-2020, 12:18 PM | #31 | |
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05-28-2020, 12:18 PM | #32 |
Plays to win the game!
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Meh, life is about finding opportunities. They were blessed with athletic gift so they're making the most of it while putting their bodies on the line. Wish I would've taken athletics more seriously in my junior high days and maybe I would've made something of myself in that way. Beats the hell out of what I'm doing currently.
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05-28-2020, 12:18 PM | #33 |
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No, not in the slightest. I think if the amount of money someone makes really bothers someone, it says more about that person than anything else.
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05-28-2020, 12:24 PM | #34 |
The Constitutional Choo choo
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Ummm. NO!
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05-28-2020, 12:33 PM | #35 | ||
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Location: Hollywood, CA
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The NFL earned more than $12 billion in revenue last year. If there are no fans in the stands this season, each team will lose approximately $100 million or $3.2 billion in total. That's only 25% of their entire revenue stream and moving forward, that percentage will only shrink, not grow. Quote:
Furthermore, attendance has been consistently shrinking for the past decade, a trend that will only continue as 4K and 8K TV's become less expensive and higher internet speeds produce an even better home experience. The owners are well aware of this trend, which is why they wanted a new CBA in place before they begin their next round of network and streaming negotiations. Their revenue stream is only going to increase, not decrease. |
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05-28-2020, 12:41 PM | #36 |
NFL's #1 Ermines Fan
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Location: My house
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Only when they're under the table to avoid the salary cap.
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05-28-2020, 12:42 PM | #37 |
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Scott City KS
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Nope. Not at all. Not even a little bit.
But I’ll push back when they whine about it. |
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05-28-2020, 12:54 PM | #38 |
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05-28-2020, 01:04 PM | #39 |
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Join Date: May 2017
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Truth That Hurts: America would be better off if Teachers, Farmers, Engineers, and Scientists got paid the big money instead of athletes though. That goes for all the money wasted on actors too.
The important list should include World Leaders(politicians etc) too but since they suck so bad i just couldn't bring myself to add them to the "good" list. |
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05-28-2020, 01:13 PM | #40 | |
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You obviously have no idea why athletes and entertainers earn large salaries |
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05-28-2020, 01:15 PM | #41 |
legend
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Independence, MO
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Go and get your money little dufflebag boy.
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05-28-2020, 01:18 PM | #42 |
Why so serious?
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Location: Chicago
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05-28-2020, 01:20 PM | #43 |
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No, I'm an electrician, and as one i understand that my value is directly related to my skills and the competing market. I currently make 31 and change in the tulsa market. Recently with so much boom, two of our union contractors offered 2 dollars more an hour and 200 a week attendance pay if i have an osha 30 and a few other education stipulations. I understand that if i furthered my education in electical testing or many other parts of the field i could gain more pay. The same can be said for athletes. They are the best of the best out of a very small pool of human beings who can do what they do. I pay to see them in one sense or another, so that creates a demand.
Theres an available money pool vs an available talent pool. Both sides have leverage and negotiate a deal. As far as im concerned its no more my buisness how much they make than it is how much the tin knocker in the next room makes. He also has a demand that he supplies and is compensated for it. |
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05-28-2020, 01:25 PM | #44 | |
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Location: Oz
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I'll agree with your point but there is more to it. For instance, a pharmaceutical company gets to lobby our politicians and money gets fed to them to allow us to be screwed over. Those are the kinds of things with which I don't agree. A couple of examples: My understanding was that a new drug's patent is only supposed to last a few years, by law, before other companies can start making generic versions. It seems to me that Nexium (Astra Zeneca?) went way longer than that before generics started being allowed about 2-3 years ago. Another example is the life-saving epi-pen treatment that was acquired and then the cost raised by several hundred percent several years ago. I don't know that there was anything legally wrong by that but, it was morally corrupt, in my view. Same thing with the idiots at the beginning of this pandemic who bought up all the hand sanitizer, masks, and other potentially life-saving products just to cause a shortage and be able to sell for a markup. Those people can rot in Hell for all I care. |
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05-28-2020, 01:27 PM | #45 | ||
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And that’s where my 2nd point comes in: ad revenue. It’s olummeted across all media platforms. Sports cannot delay this reckoning. |
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