March 04, 2018 07:44AM
I side with them in relative terms. As in, I'd much rather see them get the money than the boys in suits. At the same time, I'm against the concentration of wealth at the top. So I'd much rather all of it be shared broadly, all the way down to the towel staff.

The median income in America for a single individual is roughly 30K a year. Not sure what the median is for the NFL, but I'd guess it's a hundred times that. The average CEO makes roughly 400 times the rank and file, and many times more beyond that than the working poor. I'd rather have egalitarian structures that radically shrink that gap. To me, a just, fair, moral and thriving society requires much, much higher wages for the bottom, and much, much lower wages for the top. Allowing for other factors such as time on the job, voluntarily increasing one's skill sets, education levels, etc. etc., I think the best way to go is to keep monetary compensation pretty close across the board.

And multi-million dollar salaries have to come from somewhere. All of that impacts salaries and prices elsewhere. Radically increase salaries at the top, and they have to be lowered somewhere else. And/or prices have to go up. They can't keep rising without repercussions. Money doesn't grow on . . . . etc. etc.
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  Why I side with players on contracts...

jemach527March 04, 2018 04:19AM

  When it comes to economics.....

NewMexicoRam152March 04, 2018 06:37AM

  Re: When it comes to economics.....

zn183March 04, 2018 06:50AM

  I don't see it that one-sided...

JamesJM145March 04, 2018 07:56AM

  I do

zn120March 04, 2018 08:20AM

  I know, hence my post. (nm)

JamesJM113March 04, 2018 08:24AM

  Re: I know, hence my post. (nm)

zn118March 04, 2018 10:03AM

  Which is..... ?

NewMexicoRam128March 04, 2018 01:38PM

  Re: Why I side with players on contracts...

Billy_T153March 04, 2018 07:44AM

  Re: Why I side with players on contracts...

Rams43105March 04, 2018 08:23AM

  These guys make big bucks

RockRam125March 04, 2018 08:15AM

  Re: These guys make big bucks

Rampage2K-119March 04, 2018 09:29AM

  Re: These guys make big bucks

zn179March 04, 2018 10:19AM

  Re: These guys make big bucks

Rampage2K-104March 04, 2018 10:34AM

  If you read my post...

jemach98March 04, 2018 02:08PM

  Re: If you read my post...

Rampage2K-105March 04, 2018 02:36PM

  Its all relative...

jemach114March 04, 2018 02:02PM

  Re: Its all relative...

Rampage2K-105March 04, 2018 02:21PM

  Why I side with players on contracts. Well said by both of "U"

Anonymous User167March 04, 2018 08:38AM

  The CBA discussion is just around the corner...

jemach103March 04, 2018 02:05PM

  Re: Why I side with players on contracts...

Steve98March 04, 2018 10:41AM

  I do not side with either but the players are making millions

Rams_81143March 04, 2018 12:16PM

  exactly

ferragamo79100March 04, 2018 01:55PM

  More to the point

CeeZar169March 04, 2018 03:11PM

  Re: I do not side with either but the players are making millions

zn127March 04, 2018 02:52PM

  I never understood that argument

ferragamo79124March 04, 2018 03:13PM

  Re: I never understood that argument

Billy_T120March 04, 2018 03:31PM