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Offline mirage1988

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16 million a year!
« on: October 29, 2009, 05:39:08 PM »
To throw 100 pitches every five days!

  http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?playerId=4153


  What a freekin joke!

And these guys are heroes to our kids?
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Re: 16 million a year!
« Reply #1 on: October 29, 2009, 05:52:05 PM »
Heck yes, that's a "freekin joke" Mirage.

It's a slap in the face to Pro Football players. That dude makes 4 Million a year more than Aaron Rogers or Favre, and poor Aaron Rogers gets sacked around 8 times a game. He should be getting 4 million a year more for that. ;D
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Re: 16 million a year!
« Reply #2 on: October 29, 2009, 06:30:44 PM »
Quote from: Skunk on October 29, 2009, 05:52:05 PM
Heck yes, that's a "freekin joke" Mirage.

It's a slap in the face to Pro Football players. That dude makes 4 Million a year more than Aaron Rogers or Favre, and poor Aaron Rogers gets sacked around 8 times a game. He should be getting 4 million a year more for that. ;D

It would be worth it to see him getting sacked 8 times per game! What about arod waving his hankie like a matador- that should be worth a few million too!
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Re: 16 million a year!
« Reply #3 on: October 29, 2009, 06:53:52 PM »
Quote from: mirage1988 on October 29, 2009, 06:30:44 PM
What about arod waving his hankie like a matador- that should be worth a few million too!

;D I doubt he'd have enough time to wave it. Call that beastman Jared Allen off this weekend. I swear I saw him in the white gorilla cage at the Boo Zoo last weekend. :D
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Re: 16 million a year!
« Reply #4 on: October 30, 2009, 12:37:32 AM »
I guess I'm not angry if a guy can get paid that forwhat he does. Its a free market and these guys have a talent that someone is willing to paythem ALOT of money for.

And skunk, we been keeping Allen in the Minnesota zoo in the gorilla pen. I think he had a bad weekend last week and is very angry.
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Re: 16 million a year!
« Reply #5 on: October 30, 2009, 12:56:17 AM »
I gave up on the sporting world sometime ago. For me, its nothing but a waste of time to watch these left leaning, bad examples chase a ball around.
Just to many other things to do that would benifit me and my family more.
To each, his own.   
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Re: 16 million a year!
« Reply #6 on: October 30, 2009, 01:22:12 AM »
I may start watching watching pro golf.  At least 3/4 of the golfers haven't been busted for drugs or beating up wives and or girlfriends.   Besides that they don't whine nearly as much as other athletes. 
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Re: 16 million a year!
« Reply #7 on: October 30, 2009, 06:38:46 AM »
Quote from: billy_56081 on October 30, 2009, 12:37:32 AM
I guess I'm not angry if a guy can get paid that forwhat he does. Its a free market and these guys have a talent that someone is willing to pay them ALOT of money for.

And skunk, we been keeping Allen in the Minnesota zoo in the gorilla pen. I think he had a bad weekend last week and is very angry.

I have to go with Billy on this one. It's the fans that create those huge contracts. If the fans weren't willing to pay the dough to see him play, he wouldn't be making 16 million per year playing baseball.

Billy, once they take the chain leash of Allen and get him pointed towards the field, please try to explain to him that Rodgers will be no good for the Packers if Allen breaks him into 3 pieces. ;D Man, that guy is awesome. I just can't figure out why Kansas City would trade away their sack machine.
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Re: 16 million a year!
« Reply #8 on: October 30, 2009, 11:44:00 AM »
A very small percentage of people can do what professional athletes can do. Baseball is the only sport that a player has to be able to hit, catch and throw a ball. Its kind of like supply and demand. If many could do it, the many wouldn't be making anywhere near 16 mil per year. Baseball and other sports are entertainment, and people love to pay for entertainment. If they didn't there would not be any professional sports.

The nice part about it is, if anyone thinks they are good enough to play professional baseball or any professional sport. they can go try out, and if they think you are good, you will make the team and they will pay you big money depending on how good you really are. Just think, if you are really good you could make 16 or more million a year.
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Re: 16 million a year!
« Reply #9 on: October 30, 2009, 12:02:04 PM »
Quote from: mirage1988 on October 29, 2009, 05:39:08 PM
To throw 100 pitches every five days!

  http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?playerId=4153


  What a freekin joke!

And these guys are heroes to our kids?

 

   Personally I believe that to encourage children to consider sports figures, performers or other "pop" figures as "heroes" is a mistake. To me, a hero is one who risks much, up to and including his/her life..to do a noble and decent thing.  The LEO who goes under cover to break up a murderous drug ring, the fireman who truly risks his life to save a child or the thousands of troops fighting terrorists around the world...all qualify as heroes.
    Someone, no matter how skilled, who is a mere performer in a paid entertainment event, does not qualify.

  Of course that's just my opinion...
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Re: 16 million a year!
« Reply #10 on: October 30, 2009, 03:48:09 PM »
I haven't watched a baseball game since those spoiled brat millionaires had the world series cancelled. POWDERMAN.  >:( >:(
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Re: 16 million a year!
« Reply #11 on: October 30, 2009, 04:04:58 PM »
Agreed Ironglow-

Was a time when teachers were included in the hero list too, as they have more influence on kids than even their parents sometimes.

It is an elite few that make it to the top in any sport, but it isn't right that there is no salary cap in baseball to equalize talent among teams. The top two pitchers on the yankees make 21 million and 16 million a year (more than the entire salary of the minnesota twins)


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Re: 16 million a year!
« Reply #12 on: October 31, 2009, 04:24:33 AM »
Quote from: mirage1988 on October 30, 2009, 04:04:58 PM
but it isn't right that there is no salary cap in baseball to equalize talent among teams.

Wouldn't that be socialism?  lol.
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Re: 16 million a year!
« Reply #13 on: October 31, 2009, 04:47:49 AM »
some one is intitled  to what  ever some one is willing to pay them

the  poor  are intitle  to  my money   that  is not  given  freely  but  taken  by  the government  for  them

i  am  sure  these  ''over paid''  guys  are  robbed  by government  worse  than  you or  I

my  childrens  heros  are  who  i tell  the to  honor.........it  has never  been  an  athelete
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