<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Fishball:</div><div class="quote_post">Yeah i started the whole "overearn" thing. There should never be this term, because the more you earn the happier you are. But what I mean by this is owners who are not losing money each year (like the Nets are losing $$$ believe it or not despite two straight Finals appearances) and making crazy money like Kings and Lakers should pay their players their money because without them the owners earn nothing...</div> gee, the owner of the company where i work makes crazy money, but i don't expect him to pay me more than what's equitable to the value i create. if i don't like it i can walk away and find some fool who'll pay me more. by the same token, should the players on the teams that lose money give back part of their salaries so that the team breaks even? bottom line is, if i make an investment on a team i'm taking a risk. the players have guaranteed contracts, i have to pay them no matter what.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting cubanballer:</div><div class="quote_post">how does that apply to basketball economics? there's no "fed" in basketball. other than salary cap regulations which are pretty generous, nobody tells the owners how much they can spend or not, how much they can charge for tickets or concession items or parking. if cuban or allen want to pay the luxury tax they are free to do so. the only legue that has firm control of its economics is the nfl (no guaranteed contracts, parity, profit sharing). there's probably as many teams in the nba that lose money as there are that make money or break even. which owner is "overearning"?</div> DUDE, I never disputed you!!! read everything again, I pretty much said what you and KJ said...the only thing I said was that there WAS SUCH A THING AS OVEREARNING. I never said the NBA was a prime example.... This is what I said: <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> Like I said earlier, what it comes down to is simple supply and demand...if there are people willing to buy $80 jerseys and $100 tickets, then the NBA salaries will continue to be high... NBA players don't neccessarily deserve their salaries, but they are entitled to it...</div>
Yes, I think they are overpaid, but look at what their job description is. Compare it to the average 9-5 job. Once that person gets home at 5, they are pretty much done for the day. An NBA player is making this job their entire life. It's not just about basketball, they have to deal with more than the average person. The media takes over their lives, and they have to deal with a camera in their face all the time. They have to worry about autographs, fans, endorsement deals, etc.. Looking at all of that, those millions and millions just help support the image they try to maintain. It's all pretty simple, the salary they earn expands beyond the basketball court. As for the teacher issue, both sides make valid points. Shape pretty much summed it up. Teachers are underpaid but some don't do much at all. The teachers that never give up on their students and bring them to their full potential are underpaid. All the work they give students is no easy task to grade as well. More than half the teachers out there just get away with the bare mininum and leave when the students do. They deserve exactly what their paycheck says or less. Teachers also have the luxury of having 2 months of free time during the summer. NBA players have the summer off as well, but they have to train daily to stay in shape and prepare for the upcoming season.
Yeah rock on ice breaker I agree with you... although overpaid, I think they deserve the $$ because they gotta sacrifice their normal life (such as being in the crowd and not getting attention). The fame can be very very exhausting to them basketball supastas dealing with it although it may seem like fun to us average people. I would want all that money, be a ball superstar, but also sacrifice my time and normal life. But after getting all that money, I bet I'd want my normal life back... esp. all the guys who are nearing their career end.
in fact, i dont think they are overpaid. I can't do it, you can't do it but they can. They do what they can do and get the money. If u want the money, work for it. and I mean work hard for it. I have friends who never made it to NBA but they were on the court almost 24/7 and that tells me how hard it is to get in NBA. They were more than MJ to me when we played streetball and i thought they would at least make it to NBA. Get real, people NBA players dont just make the money they get.
Basketball players get paid a lot, but when you think about it, they deserve it. The only time they're off the court is during the offseason. Every time they go out on the court to play, they risk getting an injury. They're away from their families and their home and like many have said, they got the media all up their face. I don't care about players getting paid that much as long as they're earning it. If you put 100% into your game every night, then that's earning your paper.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting King James:</div><div class="quote_post">So the last 2 posts say "they are overpaid but they deserve it" Good stuff guys.</div> Of course they are overpaid. Dikembe Mutombo makes 17 million a year, which is unreal. Some deserve it, some don't.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Ice Breaker:</div><div class="quote_post">Of course they are overpaid. Dikembe Mutombo makes 17 million a year, which is unreal. Some deserve it, some don't.</div> I think KJ is speaking to the logic(or illogic) of 'deserving to be overpaid.' If you deserve the money, that that obviously means that you're not overpaid, you're just paid. Being overpaid implies that you're being given more money than you deserve. Unless you're saying that all basketball players are overpaid, and I don't buy that argument. That's like saying that a doctor or lawyer is overpaid: who's to say which jobs are the most important? There are plenty of businessmen and doctors and lawyers who earn as much as basketball players, they just don't get the same hype. They probably commit just as many infractions in society as well, but again they recieve no hype. People think that because these guys are playing a game that they shouldn't be earning large sums of money: so what? It's the same as applying to a company which has a limited number of spots for high paying positions, and only the most qualified making the cut. The guys in the NBA are the most qualified for the position that they're in, unless a better player comes along, and then they're often cut after their contract runs out.
in my opinion for those who don't agree with professional athletes salaries etc. It's something u can't really be fair about from your position.... Until u have played a professional sport,, have gone through training camp, trained all year round for your sport and dedicated your life to your sport of choice.. u really have no idea if it's overpay. What seems over paid to common folk is a view that is understood but at same time that common folk has no idea what has gone into earning that money and how hard u work to earn it no matter the sport.
