instead of paying pro athletes all this ridiculous money...why dont teams start at a average of about $100,000 a year and if the teams starts winning alot championships etc...then reward them with alittle more money etc....why should players be rewarding with millions and havent really proved anything yet or even won anything in the pros..
135543
I'd love to be a bench-warmer on a pro team. I get to sit on my a$$ and make millions...and nobody will ever know my name or who I am or what position I play.\n\nMaybe I should change my goal of being an under-paid public school teacher to professional over-paid athlete. "What do you think?"
55024
I think everyone of them is way overpaid. this country would survive if sports stopped. but if all the hard working americans said to hell with it and stopped working nothing would get made no money would be made and the sports players wouldn't get paid at all.
197748
It would be just as dumb for you and I to generalize and say all players should do one or the other as it would for each athlete to base his decision on others' opinion.  I would say that every athlete's situation is different and so sometimes it is better to stay in school and other times it is better to head to the pros.  Some of your players (JJ Reddick, Pittsnogle, others) are seniors so of course they should go pro.  Others might be trying to make the jump a little early... But, with hundreds of thousands of dollars they sure won't be relying on college loans if they decide to return to school!\nAnd that will open up scholarships for other athletes...\nAlso, sometimes a kid's family is awfully hard up and it only makes sense for the kid to do all that he/she can to pitch in and make life better for their fam.  On the flipside, sometimes family members push kids to try to make the leap too early and it ends up leaving them without the chance to develop and they get lost.  I would say a year or two of school is best, for sure.  But that is easy for me to say because I know my family is going to be eating and they don't live in the ghetto.
149532
yes they are making too much money.  and the proof of this is that the average family can hardly afford to be a fan anymore because ticket prices are priced really high so they owners can pay the players.
412016
Some people just really like balls, so they are nactually not watching the people at all. It sure makes no sense for us to work our balls off trying to make a living then go pay a ton to watch a bunch of people do exactly what you are asking about and get paid more for in one year of playing than we may make in a lifetime.\n\nOnce we are all hooked on Yahoo Answers, they will charge as well.
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i'm pretty sure that they don't get paid for playing on the world cup national teams. i do belive that the individual teams/countries do sometimes provide bonuses, but they aren't required to. \ni think for most of the players, it doesnt matter anyway. they all make good salaries for their club teams, and its an honor to be able to represent their country in the world cup.
424741
it is a sport! the profesionals can make good money out of it.\n\nkby\n\n.
500311
No they are not paid on how well they play in each game they are paid this amount of money because of the talent they have, and if they fail to perform at the end of the contract they will be transfered or put on a free transfer witch i would say is like being "sacked" so they have to play well to carry on being paid this money. Be a bit unfair to just stop wages all together imagine having all them huge bills to pay from the expensive house and nice car's and going through a bad patch they could end up losing it all and having to start over. Going from £200,000 to £0 a week\n\nDon't get me wrong they are paid crazy amounts of money but we wouldn't be complaining if it was us!
473247
The Yankees also pay the most in revenue sharing.  I agree that some other team's owners are not putting the money they earn back into the team.  And the team with the biggest payroll does not always win the World Series.  It increases the team's odds of making it to the post season but I would rather have a team with good players, chemistry, and a strong-will to win rather than a team of high-priced superstars that can't seem to win for the glory of the game.\n\nTwo good articles are attached:
196559
It is held every 4 years cause these guys have day jobs. They play for teams all over the world that have their own competition. It takes a lot of time and effort to plan these things too. That is also why they olympics is held every 4 years. It is more exciting this way too.
629142
It is very sad that they would walk out over money, however....do you know that the average income in Togo is less than $400 a yr? For what the country (team?) is getting paid for the appearance the can afford to set the players up for life! It is all well and good to say "do it for pride" but this is THE opportunity of a life time for these guys, maybe the only chance they would have to help their families. We could say we would do it for free but we obviously all have computers (that probably cost at leat 5 yr annual income for them) and enough to eat!!!
601553
Why can't they be paid like the rest of do? I mean, sure they are good at sports but everyone is good at something. Shouldn't we all get paid millions because we do what we are good at? I would love to get a million dollars for helping people get their ged and improving their life but I know that I won't get it.\n\nEnough ranting.
280478
No, I think that having a salary cap for each team is enough.  Besides, 250K is well below the minimum salary now, and the NHLPA will never go for a cap that low.  \n\nBut I disagree with the person who said that they play for love of the game now.  I am sure they all love the game, but just because they're not making as much money as NFL players doesn't mean they're playing *only* for love of hockey.  If they played for the love of the game only, we wouldn't have lost an entire season while the players refused to consider a salary cap.
316003
the population is too small.  their money is worth half of an american dollar which amounts to the player getting paid less.  they have great fans but the teams can't get arenas to fill up unless the more popular teams come to town.  the arenas are costly to build.  the nhl has six canadian teams.
440030
Why should the government take money from my pocket and give it to ANY athlete? If I wanted them to have money, I would give it to them myself. If athletes want to participate in a sport, let them find the money to do it, don't expect the government to pay their way.
282241
For the most part, the player realizes that they're not going to get the money in that last year or two of a long-term contract. It's more or less just a BS way of stroking a players ego and giving his agent the claim that he got so-and-so a hundred and forty million dollar contract, even thought it's a normal, going rate contract for five years and then a sixth year roster bonus of 97 million that the player will never collect. I'm glad that the NFL hasn't gone to guaranteed contracts, because I think it would hurt the game. I would, however, like to see some changes made. Maybe making contracts limited to a maximum of three or four years?
573972
All athletes face temptation in their quest to get ahead.  They are protected by their organization which is why laws need to be changed and actually enforced.  Owners are reluctant to kick them off the team because then they're not getting their money's worth, but this has to change.