Originally Posted by vailpass (Post 7595738)

Incredible. Really?

Originally Posted by vailpass (Post 7595738)

Incredible. Really?

Originally Posted by kysirsoze (Post 7595764)

:spock:

What? You just made my argument. My point was that neither are vital but no one bitches about how much doughnut barons make. How did you not get that?

Originally Posted by Simplex3 (Post 7595801)

Oil is vital and everyone bitches about how much they make. People don't bitch about donut guy specifically, but they rail on about greedy corporations as a whole.

Originally Posted by kysirsoze (Post 7595809)

Fine. But until something like this comes to a head, you never hear about the greedy bastard owners. Greedy, overpaid players is a chorus that runs through all major professional sports constantly. It's bullshit.

Originally Posted by Simplex3 (Post 7595823)

They're both greedy and I don't view that as a vice.

Originally Posted by kysirsoze (Post 7594210)

Man this is bullshit. They provide a product that generates billions upon billions of dollars.

Originally Posted by kysirsoze (Post 7594210)

I don't see people bitching because the owner of Krispy Kreme makes millions of dollars (billions?). WTF do those greasy ass doughnuts (I said it!) do that is "vital for society"?

Originally Posted by kysirsoze (Post 7594210)

These guys are the closest thing we as Americans have to gladiators.

Originally Posted by kysirsoze (Post 7594210)

They put their body through hell for our entertainment and are repaid not only in money but life long pain and sometimes mental disorders.

Originally Posted by kysirsoze (Post 7594210)

You can quibble about the details of the CBA, but this "players are overpaid" bullshit pisses me off.

Originally Posted by Simplex3 (Post 7595888)

In fact the *owners* provide the product. The players are the employees.

Originally Posted by Bugeater (Post 7591378)

Well gee Roger, maybe your ****ing owners shouldn't have opted out of the old CBA and started this shit.

Originally Posted by Simplex3 (Post 7595888)

I'll break it down further.



In fact the *owners* provide the product. The players are the employees.



People bitch about corporate profits all the time. You'd have to have your head buried in the sand to miss it. Hell, this thread is littered with it. In this case the thread is targeted at the NFL, but you could go check out the oil thread that keeps popping up to see the same thing in another industry.



Being the closest doesn't mean it is close. Because it isn't. At all. Slaves forced to kill each other and hack each other apart compares to NFL players in the same way the Holocaust compares to one Jewish guy being mugged in NY for his wallet.



They're also paid hundreds or thousands of times more than they would have ever made in any other industry. That's the trade off. Nobody forced them to do it. They chose money over their health.



The only way their salaries affect me are when the teams and/or the league start taking public money. I almost couldn't care less what either of them make.