BDA_ABAT
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Seems silly for players making so much money per year and then to go out on strike... seems silly for players to make so much money to play a game.
But the reality is... SO WHAT?
Why does it matter how much they make? They get paid what they get paid because they CAN. If someone offered you serveral million dollars per year to play a game (or for that matter, to do anything), wouldn't you? Especially if you love that game or activity?
Might as well ask why Mickeal Isner gets paid hundreds of millions of dollars a year just because he runs Disney. Or better yet, why do so many CEOs get paid millions of dollars while their companies stock prices fall? The answer is: because they CAN. They are the best at what they do. The provide products or services that people want. Period. If they can no longer provide the products/services that people want, they will no longer receive the same level of compensation that they once did.
It's no different in any profession. People get paid what they get paid because the can. That price is based on what the market is like and what people negotiate and bargain for. Simple, pure capitalism.
You can complain about it all you want, but my guess is that almost everyone at this board would like to make money and most of us are actively engaged in obtaining money or working our way towards a degree which will allow us to obtain money to earn a living. You as the individual have to decide what you want to do to earn a living. You may choose to engage in an activity that is more rewarding to you than just the pursuit of money. But you choose it because it is more rewarding to you. Salaries are based on what the market will bear and what society collectively decides is valuable.
While one can argue about the relative vaule of compensation, it really doesn't change the equation at all.
Example: If we, as a society, suddenly decided that sanitation engineers (trash collectors) were an extremely valuable profession that deserved compensation in the 6 or 7 figure range, would that be wrong? No, it's not wrong because the society decided that it was appropriate. If we as a society decide that it's not really worth that much to be a sanitation engineer, then the compensation for the job would be much less. It's not the trash man's fault that his wages are what they are. The same way it's not the baseball players fault that their compensation is what it is, and it's not the CEO's fault that their compensation is what it is.
One of my favorite professors has a great saying.
"It's not a sin to make money. It's a sin to cheat people."
Right now, the list of sinners is getting bigger... from Enron to WorldCom and the others that will likely follow. They took peoples money mislead them, and trashed their retirement funds. Is the situation the same for the baseball players union? I don't think so. But that's just my opinion.
Bruce
But the reality is... SO WHAT?
Why does it matter how much they make? They get paid what they get paid because they CAN. If someone offered you serveral million dollars per year to play a game (or for that matter, to do anything), wouldn't you? Especially if you love that game or activity?
Might as well ask why Mickeal Isner gets paid hundreds of millions of dollars a year just because he runs Disney. Or better yet, why do so many CEOs get paid millions of dollars while their companies stock prices fall? The answer is: because they CAN. They are the best at what they do. The provide products or services that people want. Period. If they can no longer provide the products/services that people want, they will no longer receive the same level of compensation that they once did.
It's no different in any profession. People get paid what they get paid because the can. That price is based on what the market is like and what people negotiate and bargain for. Simple, pure capitalism.
You can complain about it all you want, but my guess is that almost everyone at this board would like to make money and most of us are actively engaged in obtaining money or working our way towards a degree which will allow us to obtain money to earn a living. You as the individual have to decide what you want to do to earn a living. You may choose to engage in an activity that is more rewarding to you than just the pursuit of money. But you choose it because it is more rewarding to you. Salaries are based on what the market will bear and what society collectively decides is valuable.
While one can argue about the relative vaule of compensation, it really doesn't change the equation at all.
Example: If we, as a society, suddenly decided that sanitation engineers (trash collectors) were an extremely valuable profession that deserved compensation in the 6 or 7 figure range, would that be wrong? No, it's not wrong because the society decided that it was appropriate. If we as a society decide that it's not really worth that much to be a sanitation engineer, then the compensation for the job would be much less. It's not the trash man's fault that his wages are what they are. The same way it's not the baseball players fault that their compensation is what it is, and it's not the CEO's fault that their compensation is what it is.
One of my favorite professors has a great saying.
"It's not a sin to make money. It's a sin to cheat people."
Right now, the list of sinners is getting bigger... from Enron to WorldCom and the others that will likely follow. They took peoples money mislead them, and trashed their retirement funds. Is the situation the same for the baseball players union? I don't think so. But that's just my opinion.
Bruce
