Looks Like Arod Is Gone For a Year

SO....never heard of him so I had to look it up. I was disappointed. I thought we were getting rid of someone important and criminally insane - like one of our congress. Baseball. nuts.

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lcombs

11 years ago

Originally Posted by HeySal

SO....never heard of him so I had to look it up. I was disappointed. I thought we were getting rid of someone important and criminally insane - like one of our congress. Baseball. nuts.

"Nuts"!

What's nuts is this schmuck is making $20,000,000 P/Y to play baseball!

But, people who save lives, and/or put their lives on the line are making small fractions of that.

Let's see.... this heart surgeon can take out my heart and put in a new one.
He gets paid about $500,000 P/Y.

A married E-5, with six years of service,

Base Pay: $2,205.30
Housing Allowance: $1535
Food Allowance: $267.18
Family Separation Allowance: $250
Hazardous Duty Pay: $225
Hardship Duty Pay: $100
Total: $4,582.48 per month, or $54,989.76 per year, tax-free :confused:

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TLTheLiberator

11 years ago

Originally Posted by lcombs

"Nuts"!

What's nuts is this schmuck is making $20,000,000 P/Y to play baseball!

But, people who save lives, and/or put their lives on the line are making small fractions of that.

Let's see.... this heart surgeon can take out my heart and put in a new one.
He gets paid about $500,000 P/Y.

A married E-5, with six years of service,

Base Pay: $2,205.30
Housing Allowance: $1535
Food Allowance: $267.18
Family Separation Allowance: $250
Hazardous Duty Pay: $225
Hardship Duty Pay: $100
Total: $4,582.48 per month, or $54,989.76 per year, tax-free :confused:

Baseball is entertainment and entertainment is big business in this country.

MLB is a milti-billion dollar business and since the owners are making gobs of equity and/or money, so should the players who help bring in the revenue.

But not A-Rod - he was a fraud all along.

Back in 1991, the average MLB player's salary was $1 million.

Today, players batting only in the 270's are probably making millions per year - thanks to the salaries of the top players.

Are sports players making too much money?

Not as far as I'm concerned.

Would you like to see the minimum wage rate raised?

I hear if average wages had kept up with average growth in productivity in the USA the average salary would be almost 100% higher and that alone would pull up all salaries.

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Steven Wagenheim 11 years ago

A-Rod is getting to play the rest of the season as he appeals his suspension.

What a joke.
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Dennis Gaskill

11 years ago

Originally Posted by lcombs

"Nuts"!

What's nuts is this schmuck is making $20,000,000 P/Y to play baseball!

But, people who save lives, and/or put their lives on the line are making small fractions of that.

Let's see.... this heart surgeon can take out my heart and put in a new one.
He gets paid about $500,000 P/Y.

Maybe heart surgery should be conducted in a stadium where 40,000 people can pay $35 each to watch. Of course, that might put a damper on bratwurst sales, but hey, maybe carrot stick sales can offset it.

Despite my half joking comment, how much some people make for what they do, and how little others make for what they do, does seem extremely distorted.

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Steven Wagenheim 11 years ago

Unfortunately, we live in an entertainment dominated world. And entertainment
is big bucks. So why should an entertainer make money for you if somebody else
is willing to pay them more to do it?

The reason Michael Jordan was worth whatever he was being paid was because
the owner of the team was making God knows how many more times that much.

Maybe if people stopped going to games, stopped buying shirts, gloves, masks,
golf clubs, balls or whatever the hell it is they're buying with super Joe Jock's
name on it, sports figures wouldn't make the obscene amounts of money that
they make.

I never go to a ball game. I never spend a dime on sports anything. If everybody
in the world was like me, ball clubs would go broke.

But as long as people are willing to spend money on this stuff, these
entertainers are going to keep making that kind of money.

It's the law of supply and demand...just like everything else.
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- Kay King 11 years ago
  
  I don't blame the sports stars or the celebrities for the high salaries. They are taking advantage of what "is done" and of the ludicrous amounts of money paid for fame.
  
  People worship their sports heroes but turn on them quickly, too. I say let him play while he appeals and let the chips fall where they will in the end.
  
  I do think it's time to put Pete Rose in the Hall of Fame, though - his lifetime ban looks stupid in view of these 50 game penalties.
  
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Kurt

11 years ago

New nickname: A-Roid

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craigslist

11 years ago

it's pathetic is what it is! Parents at a little league game tonite were talking about it--I am a yankees fan and go to a lot of games-I don't live that far away--I won't go see a game till he's gone.

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salegurus

11 years ago

These pitiful suspensions handed out by administrators are a joke, guys are caught taking PED's and receive what 50 game suspensions? And is this not Aroids second go round, lifetime bans would put a stop to this....

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Big Rob

11 years ago

He makes $157,000 per game. There is approx 50 games left.CHA-CHING!
His appeal goes to arbitration in Nov.
Since he has never tested positive, by the leagues own rules, the commishs' decision will probably be overturned, and the dude gets paid till hes 42 yrs old.(hes 38 now )

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thunderbird

11 years ago

I personally can't get all sanctimonious over the issue. Makes no more difference to me if A-Rod/A-Roid is taking juice than if he's ingesting too many jelly-beans. Why would I care? It's not like he's a criminal looting my money like those tax-money-propped criminal enterprises known as "banks".

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