Originally Posted by DeeJayy741

I have lost track of what you two's main points are.
But I'm going to assume that Footside thinks that athletes don't deserve all that money, whereas Deprived does.

Deprived.

Originally Posted by footside

Should athletes make millions of dollars to play a sport? It seems unfair that someone would make so much money just to play a game rather than another person who is working hard labor just to get by. I personally think this is completely unfair and although I doubt this will change anytime soon something should be done about it.

Edit: changed the topic to something of more importance and meaning.

Firstly, half of the deaths you marked he didn't actually pretain to the game, they just occured during a game. Secondly, every job and career has some way for a freak accident to happen so it's no big deal because it's not an abnormal amount of deaths that occur compared to other careers.

Originally Posted by damasta97

Do you realize how good you have to be to be a professional in a sport? Saying that athletes don't work hard is just ridiculous. To even compete at that level your body has to be in the best shape it can be or you will fall behind and be irrelevant. less that 1% of all high school athletes make the pro's and most of the ones that do dont get payed all that much.

Originally Posted by damasta97

Practice players in the NFL only get less than 200k a year and have a constant risk of being cut and making nothing. In other professional football leagues like the Canadian Football league players make on average 45,000 a year, hardly enough for basic living costs nowadays.

Originally Posted by damasta97

Trust me when I say this. The people good enough to make it to be a professional athlete have put in more than enough time and effort to make the money they do.

Originally Posted by damasta97

rofl im sure accountants fear for their life while they work.

Could you even imagine taking a hit like this?

So do all the doctors in the world in every science. I don't they're paid nearly as much as the professional athletes though.

Originally Posted by damasta97

First off what is the point of being mad at how much A FEW nfl players make? I don't get it.

Originally Posted by damasta97

Second its called entertainment. When something you do draws such a large fan base/audience as the nfl does there is going to be an insane amount of money to go around.

Originally Posted by damasta97

Third seriously who cares if an nfl player makes 1 million a year but a doctor only make 600k a year. 600k a year is more than enough to sustain a living and put food on the table which is the only important use of money. FFS Who gives a shit if an nfl player is able to buy a few more flat screen tv's than the doctor. The whole basis of this thread is just moronic, and shows that some people care wayyy too much about money and material possessions.

Originally Posted by damasta97

Fourth sports is one thing america is doing right. Unlike some other jobs getting sent overseas, sports leagues like the nfl make the nation a shitload of revenue.

Originally Posted by Deprived

Again, this revenue is fake because it doesn't produce goods (other than a couple of t-shirts and that stuff). All it will do is give the government more money without actually strengthening the economy. BTW just because the USA is "profiting" from sports, doesn't justify the pay that the athletes get, just as their foreign policy isn't justified by how much money they make off of it.

Originally Posted by DaBandito

So clothes cease to be goods when there is a sports teams logo printed on it?

Originally Posted by DaBandito

Can you explain why entertainment doesn't strenghten the the economy?

Originally Posted by DaBandito

I would also like to hear the sporting background of people who oppose the salaries of proathletes.