December 17, 2008 / 18:49
Way too much money and time is accorded to these over paid and pampered jocks. Sure a few of them are decent sorts who give time to charity but most of them are not.
I feel sorry for the folks who Rogers let go in the Jays front office. The millionaire ball players will keep on cashing their cheques.
December 17, 2008 / 19:36
Where are all the critics slamming the Auto Industry or Unions for that matter? Who are the REAL Weasels? Come out come out, where ever you are!
December 18, 2008 / 01:21
I think we may get our wish and Pro athletes are in for a rude awakening next year. I don't know where the Yankees are getting their money from, maybe they own a printer to make the stuff, but I Think next year is going to ripple through pro sports, we are already seeing some of it, Tiger Woods lost a sponsor and some of these athletes are losing their coorporate income from advertising deals. Next is the the credit crunch affecting fans ability to pay for season tickets.
Its coming....LArry Quinn was just on Schopp and the Bulldog down here and he said that the reality they got from some economists at the NHL meetings was not good for next year and that the Salary cap is probably going down next year. I hope it does and the players are going to have to live with it.
December 18, 2008 / 01:46
Good book called Lord of the Realms. About baseball, their union and the owners.
Many years old but it's about the owners forking out lots of $$$$ way back when.
Marvin Miller suggested keeping salaries realistic and the egotistical owners said we'll do it our way and pay so so players lots of dough. Still true today eh Fred.
December 18, 2008 / 01:47
maybe it's Lords of the Realm.
December 18, 2008 / 11:47
"Where's the compassion? Where's the heart?"
This sounds more like Olivia Chows's blog.
The owners have the millions to pay the players because the fans drop the cash to watch and drink the beer. Its all market driven.
If the owners kept the cash and didn't pay the players, then the money would not get taxed twice.
Fred, I thought you were right of center? Apparantly not!
December 18, 2008 / 13:24
Pete
You go to Chow's blog?
Auto worker? too much spare time?
December 18, 2008 / 15:07
Did Jack Layton hack this site or something? What did you do with the real Fred?
I'm always astounded by the salaries of pro athletes (in fact almost any salary given to anyone in the entertainment industry), but let's face it, would any of us turn down the same dollars if they were offered to us? Would any one of us say, "You know what, only pay me half of the money and send the rest to Africa." I doubt it.
I'll use an example Fred can relate to: What does a high profile radio personality in the morning time slot make in a big market? $600k? More? You can lead an awfully comfortable life on half of that (considering the median household income in Canada is around $53,000), but I'm not aware of any of those guys advocating 50% pay cuts and 50% cuts to advertising rates. Where's the compassion?
Sorry Fred, got to go against you on this one. We live in a capitalist society. Them's the breaks.
December 18, 2008 / 16:02
In your own words, "These salaries wouldn't be possible if fans didn't continue to support pro sports"
Fred, I have to agree with the last 3 posts. As long as the interest is there, what is the problem?
Just remember, Layton wants to make all of us poor. But I prefer capitalism and if means some Jays pitcher is making 83 million, what do i care?
December 18, 2008 / 16:03
anonymous above is me.
December 18, 2008 / 18:08
It's not just sports players that may be overpaid.
What about those loud-mouthed, holier-than-thou idiot "hollyweird sill-ebrities" who think they can tell the great unwashed how to vote, how the world should be run, etc.? Last time I checked, that windbag Oprah for example hauled in a helluva lot more money than the highest-paid sports figure. And; some actors and actrets haul in 20 million... for six months work... that's quite shorter than a full sports-season.
To me, it takes more skill to throw a baseball, shoot a hockey puck, slam dunk, be a QB, star wide-receiver, etc. at the highest level; than it does to get paid to play 'make-believe' in tinsel-town and spew off looney-left bile.
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August 19, 2010 / 03:35
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If you read this blog often, you're aware of my declining interest in professional sports.
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