Bob owns a professional basketball team. Do you think its fair to pay the best player on the team 20 million, and pay the guy at the end

of the bench 1 million...... or should all players make the same amount ?? if you believe that none of these players deserve this type of money, then who do you believe should regulate the salaries ??

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It's revenues and demand that drive these salaries. Athletes get these large contracts because owners know that the possible return from having them on the team will sell tickets and merchandise and keep the team playing into the postseason. People complain about sports stars being overpaid but the reason such a thing is possible is because people love and watch the sport. If the money wasn't there the owners wouldn't be giving it away.

Northwest · M

The only solution to this issue, is to unionize. This would accomplish a couple of things:

1. Resolve the fair pay issue.

2. Take sports agents out of the equation.

Do you think players will support that? No, because they all dream of being the person on top.

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SheCallsMeCrushDaddy · M

@Northwest Bob owns a team in which the players are already unionized..... but, there is still a large disparity in pay between the players. The NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL all are already unionized, and all have large disparities between the players pay.

MethDozer · M

@Northwest [quote] No, because they all dream of being the person on top.
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Yeah, because that is really what sports are all about. That's the whole point of being an athlete. Its what spectators want to see as well.

Northwest · M

@SheCallsMeCrushDaddy The NHL union is a bit unique. One of the things they implemented is a salary cap, which makes it difficult to have the fluctuations we have in Baseball or Football.

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SheCallsMeCrushDaddy · M

Yep. It’s the same reason Meryl Streep and Clint Eastwood make more than some extra on the set. @MethDozer

MethDozer · M

@SheCallsMeCrushDaddy Exactly, not sure how people miss this. Under the logic all members should be played the same price then a new waterpump should cost the same as a new intake manifold or camshaft because you need them all the same to make a car engine function.

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If the pay scale is proportional to the performance and star power, then I think it’s fair...🤷🏻‍♂️

Tminus6453 · M

Gotta pay your best players

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Classified · M

People should be happy with one million already. 😆

ViciDraco · 36-40, M

The players should be the owners of the team and determining their own payouts democratically. If they understand that a star player is a better contributor and vote for him to have more pay on merit to keep him on the team, then his pay is fair.

At a societal level, top marginal tax rates will be higher for the higher earning player no matter where he goes so long as he earns such high pay. He will still make more than others, but the higher taxes will go to improving the baseline quality of life of all citizens.

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ViciDraco · 36-40, M

@MethDozer Then no team should exist until such an event occurs. If the need for the team to exist is not great enough to spur them into action then the team is not really necessary. There would be no buying of teams. There would only be creation, joining, and leaving teams. So long as you are on the team, you are an owner of the team.

MethDozer · M

@ViciDraco Then they should signup the money and do the leg work to create one. Until they so its great we have investors and entrepreneurs that do it. Or we would all be bored and players would be forces to stop playing after high school and go dig ditches or some shit. Investment and creation is worth compensation and is what makes things exist. Your idea sounds nice at first but it makes no sense and is a dead end. Its not like e an the lowest layer players aren't living high on the hog for playing children's games.

MethDozer · M

@ViciDraco Its born in the players abilities or means most often. They are athletes, not business.men with financial means.

MethDozer · M

Perfectly fair.Actually the definition of fair. You pay the man who has the most draw the most money. Higher skill and ability should be rewarded. Hierarchy is a good thing because it drives us all to be better.

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