They chose the lives they entered.

Allanfan20 wrote:It’s a contract. The team accepted it and so did the player. I have zero jealousy for the money athletes make. If we want to blame anyone (which I don’t), then we should blame ourselves for the willingness to spend so much on them and demanding to see them so much.

They chose the lives they entered.

i blame my mother for smoking during her pregnancy with me.

Panos wrote:Players get options on their contracts so that they can opt in if they are injured, can't play, and wouldn't get similar value from another team?
How insane is that?
Could you imagine you went to your job interview and said, "yeah, i want to come work for your company, but if i should get sick, i want the option to be able to continue to get paid the same salary for another year without contributing anything of value during that year!"

Everyone has problems. It's just some small subsets of people have problems that are vastly different than most people.

Take young Charlize Theron, who is and was pretty much flawless in terms of looks and beauty. Lots of doors open when you are that insanely good looking. But you have to deal with other things that most people don't have to deal with, like the loss of your privacy.

Never look at someone's life with envy.

I should weigh this carefully, but lots of predators get into coaching sports. There some low barriers to entry in many cases and many pro athletes are high risk targets as kids. The big scandal with the gymnastics and the Olympic team is an example. You have people trying to chase you for money. Everyone wants something. But in a case like Alonzo Mourning, he got a new kidney in basically a week. The difference was life or death.

Doors open. But doors close. Your mistakes are public. Your relationship failures are public. You have no privacy. But you have a different kind of freedom that most will never experience.

Real happiness comes from the inside. To be fair to Durant and others, most of what you hear is just spin from Nike's marketing or the networks advertising people. None of it is real. It's just to generate ratings.

Guys, every day is a blessing. No matter what you have, you have to adjust to prosperity in your own situation.

Uptown wrote:

fishmike wrote:

Panos wrote:Players get options on their contracts so that they can opt in if they are injured, can't play, and wouldn't get similar value from another team?
How insane is that?
Could you imagine you went to your job interview and said, "yeah, i want to come work for your company, but if i should get sick, i want the option to be able to continue to get paid the same salary for another year without contributing anything of value during that year!"

those things exist... if you are good enough at your job. The problem is you can ask but they can tell you phuck off cause you are replaceable. Pro athletes are a very small talent pool. Its all relative. If your skills is incredibly niche and in demand you are in a position to dictate these things.

Thats not distorted. That is reality.

The real killer in the NBA is the max contract, because not all max players are created equal. If you are capping my pay what else can you offer? Starting points: 1) my choice of teammates 2) my choice of coaching 3) my choice of culture

Supply and demand baby

You nailed it!! No lies were told here!

Money is the universal measure of value.
Talent produced enormous wealth and the one who caries it have to get his cut.
Regular person may produce very little wealth and many times will just consume and will produce nothing.
Still he/she is around to fill gaps, carry on the genetic potential, and be there for somebody to be happy.
This people will get the minimum society can provide and what their dear and near can share. And this minimum will come from the wealth produced by few.
So we all should be thankful to them not jealous.