dk7th wrote:jrodmc wrote:dk7th wrote:Sangfroid wrote:dk7th wrote:Sangfroid wrote:dk7th wrote:gunsnewing wrote:Wow that took way too much effort lol
not really. for some reason "order of magnitude" or what is more commonly known as "powers of ten" eludes people, especially Carmelo Anthony.
so i took a different route to show what an absurd amount of money he makes.
Now to be fair, you would have to apply that equation to all recipients of sport contracts, movie deals or stock transfers. Let's not leave out the owners of said enterprises.
are you saying somebody earning 145 dollars per second is being exploited? how about the poor slob who forks over 12 dollars for a light beer to watch one first round exit after another because the guy earning 145 dollars a second won't play for 98 dollars a second instead?
If you're the other "poor slob", do you slide back 47 cents and say, Oh, you paid me too much"? Maybe 10 or 15 cents, but certainly not the whole thing.
when i am making 98 dollars a second i think about it because i am still going to be drowning in cash.
one thing to be swinging your wang around in cold blood and it's another to do what it takes to win when you say winning is the most important thing.
First thing: he's swinging his wang around in warm honey nuts.
Second thing: he's a pro athlete, you are not, and he lives a different life and reality than you and your poor lite-beer swilling slob. And he's been living this life since he was what, 19 years old? Meanwhile, you're here in UK land, typing ferociously and authoratatively about numbers and talent and things you have absolutely no first hand knowledge of.
Please, tell us more and more about what an altruistic, franchise-loving epitome of virtue you would be at 98 dollars a second.
Do you whine and cry about what Robert Downey Jr. makes for sheehit that you fork over $15 bucks a pop to stare at?
glad to see you are advocating elitism through plutocracy. it really says a great deal about your values.
unlike carmelo, downey jr. is great at what he does, which is acting and entertaining. i am not asking downey jr. to win titles in new york.
basketball is not merely entertainment.
if it were then there would be no point in rooting, since rooting for entertainment is tantamount to professional wrestling. is that what the nba is to you? i would not be at all surprised. bruno sammartino and haystacks calhoun say hello.
Big words, whoa. Glad to see you're going to continue holding tenaciously onto your Pollyanna view of the world, replete with continual failed analogies.
Glad you're not asking Robert Downey Jr. to go out and get 28/8 regularly. Great point.
By the way, I'm not asking Melo to win an Oscar for dressing up in CGI metal suits and delivering lines in a pithy manner. Does that get me points on your values scale?
And why not try to stay on topic, huh? You're critiquing pay scales and dividing obscene salaries by random numbers, what's that got to do with rooting for the team? All you're managing to do is pathetically justify your hate of one player through a third grade math exercise. PJax is making a million dollars a month for a job he's never done. Please scream about your nirvanic anti-elitism through socio-economic equality on that one, too.
Wake up little boy, pro basketball is entertainment. Complete with deranged back page media coverage, groupies and haters, game fixing refs and flopping. If you want pure sports enjoyment, I recommend spending time watching your local high school teams. At least then you won't have to worry what the players are costing you per millisecond to watch.
It's okay, you hate because you care so deeply and profoundly.
And let me know, any time now, what dividing salary per shoulder means, in purely basketball terms.
