There is something very wrong with a worl that lets a little boy sell toys to help his family but pays some foreign assclown 1/4 of a BILLION dollars to play a sport that no one even watches in the US.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/07/20/ohio.boy.helps.family/index.html?iref=mpstoryview 

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=399471&cc=5901 

Blame it on Obama or Pelosi or Bush or whoever but make damn sure you're standing in front of a mirror when you point that finger. (I will be) ****!!! This pisses me off!!

If you ask me all these clowns get to much money. I would have a cap on salaries for players.

1. 1 million a year for great players

2. 500K a year for ok players

3. 250K per year for bench players

I would let them get all they wanted from endorsements but I wouldn't pay any of them more then the above wages. I'm sure they would whine and complain but trust me there is a person somewhere that is just as good that would play for the love of the game.

Keep in mind I watch no sports at all so I really have no clue all I have is my opinion.

The whole world is messed up when your heroes are people who play a game and others who fake real life.

I'll be a bench player for $100K a year.

Where do I sign up?

Cuba and North Korea have player salary caps.

The only problem with not paying the players is there will be some really really super rich owners out there. The people pay to see the players play. I would rather see the money end up in their pocket (even though I do not beleive that they are worth it) then sit in the owners bank account.

That is the same deal with all big sports. So much money is brought it, I too would prefer to see in it the athletes hands than filling the owner's pocket books.

We do NOT want rich people getting richer, darn it.

Redistribute the wealth. Eat the rich.

At least spread it around a little bit. Let them pay for my health care too.

This isn't my point....I have no problem with athletes getting paid what the market will bare...I guess my problem is with the market and what we, as a society, value. This soccer (or football, or baseball. or basketball) player making that while a soldier or schoolteacher qualifies for food stamps or our elderly having to decide between food and medicine.

Waterboard Priorities!!!

Perez Hilton's site makes something like 70K a day in advertising revenue. Assuming he gets half, that's about 13 million a year for being a piece of crap.

Can a school teacher bend a 25 meter free kick over a three-man wall and place it perfectly into the top corner of the net? I think not.

I know you are being facetious HD, but case in point.....My girlfriend teaches handicapped children....kids with mental and emotional problems.....she works hard..she's been hit, bitten, etc. She makes less than 20k/year. Which one adds more value to society?

The one that is allowed to adjust by free-market forces.

Highly paid professional atheletes provide us with role models for our children, much like celebrities such as Paris Hilton. In addition, professional sports provides the general population with a pleasant distraction from the reality of our situations. We live in a debt-ridden country that is on the downslide of its global empire status and who's ultimate fate is national bankruptcy and the breakup of the union.

In summary, with all the changes made will Real Madrid be able to knock off Barcelona in the Champion's League?

If this kid could figure out a way to sell his toys back to China, he'd be a hero (hell, we could put him on our new $30 bill).

ScottHar

Your probably right that society has their priorities wrong. Who wants to pay more of good schools when you can have season football tickets?

Its not about adding value to society. Any teacher adds more value to society then any professional athelete. Its about revenue generation. Professional atheletes generate a **** load of revenue from tv, tickets, merchandise, etc. If it doesn't end up in the atheletes pocket then it stays with the owners or networks or whatever.

Personally, I think a GOOD teacher should make alot of money. they are invaluable and do a service to society that is amazing.