And what you might be without your skills means.....what?
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And what you might be without your skills means.....what?
[QUOTE=Kblaze8855]And what you might be without your skills means.....what?[/QUOTE]
It means that they're fortunate to be able to play a sport and make millions and most of them are greedy a**holes who just take and take and take and never give back.
[QUOTE=Sarcastic]People like to sh!t on baseball all the time for not having a salary cap, but they have had 16 years of labor peace, and even teams that don't even try like the Royals and Pirates, still make profit every year.
All the salary cap sports (NHL, NFL, NBA) have had labor stoppages in the last 10 years.[/QUOTE]
Because the big boys share with the little boys... something the NBA seems to want to avoid.
The answer has always been revenue sharing, and the owners know it. They are just trying to get what they can out of the players before they address the real issues.
as opposed to the rest of humanity who take and take and never give back?
If poor people got rich they would be the same way for the most part. Which should be obvious since most people in sports were poor to begin with.
Top to bottom people are selfish.
[QUOTE=ConanRulesNBC]A lot of these athletes "give back" when it comes to helping their image. Other than that, they don't give a crap about anyone else. All they care about is owning 5 mansions, buying half a million dollar cars, $100,000 diamond earrings or watches, spending $250,000 in one night at a bar.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=ConanRulesNBC]Most of these players are uneducated and without playing a sport they wouldn't be anywhere right now. They'd be working in factories or McDonalds. The only reason most of them get through school is because they can play a sport. Not because of how smart they are.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=ConanRulesNBC]It means that they're fortunate to be able to play a sport and make millions and most of them are greedy a**holes who just take and take and take and never give back.[/QUOTE]
Just call them dumb ****ers and be done with it. Your posts disgust me.
You have no basis for this racist and ridiculous view. The truth is they almost all donate significant amounts of time and energy into their communities and have since college. My nephew was in a youth hospital and I saw a number of them. Several days later they dropped by a local boys and girls club where he was playing. He has seen them enough that he feels he knows a pair of them. There is infinite numbers of these stories and your harsh portrayals of them are completely unfounded.
[QUOTE=bdreason]Because the big boys share with the little boys... something the NBA seems to want to avoid.
The answer has always been revenue sharing, and the owners know it. They are just trying to get what they can out of the players before they address the real issues.[/QUOTE]
And yet people continuously bash the players for not taking the damn deal, even though it was not in their best interest to do so. Only the owner's, and our's because we get our precious basketball entertainment back.
[QUOTE=HurricaneKid]Just call them dumb ****ers and be done with it. Your posts disgust me.
You have no basis for this racist and ridiculous view. The truth is they almost all donate significant amounts of time and energy into their communities and have since college. My nephew was in a youth hospital and I saw a number of them. Several days later they dropped by a local boys and girls club where he was playing. He has seen them enough that he feels he knows a pair of them. There is infinite numbers of these stories and your harsh portrayals of them are completely unfounded.[/QUOTE]
This pretty much sums it up, but now you will be charged with pulling the ol race card out.
[QUOTE=Kblaze8855]as opposed to the rest of humanity who take and take and never give back?
If poor people got rich they would be the same way for the most part. Which should be obvious since most people in sports were poor to begin with.
[B]Top to bottom people are selfish[/B].[/QUOTE]
That's not true. I know tons of people who give and donate to charities and go and help serve food at pads. I go and serve food at pads and go to feed my starving children and make the bags of rice, chicken, etc. to ship out to other countries.
These rich athletes could be doing so much more to help out less fortunate people. But they don't.
[QUOTE=HurricaneKid]Just call them dumb ****ers and be done with it. Your posts disgust me.
You have no basis for this racist and ridiculous view. The truth is they almost all donate significant amounts of time and energy into their communities and have since college. My nephew was in a youth hospital and I saw a number of them. Several days later they dropped by a local boys and girls club where he was playing. He has seen them enough that he feels he knows a pair of them. There is infinite numbers of these stories and your harsh portrayals of them are completely unfounded.[/QUOTE]
:roll:
You're right. I'm racist towards athletes. I don't give a crap what race or gender they are.
[QUOTE=Sarcastic]This pretty much sums it up, but now you will be charged with pulling the ol race card out.[/QUOTE]
Oh f*ck off. Seriously. You're the most annoying poster on here. All you do is sit there and suck these NBA players *****.
Funny to me people say racism isnt an issue with peoples opinions but one of the two arguing now was saying the players are likely drug dealers and the other calls black people coons and tells posters to go back to the jungle.
[QUOTE=Kblaze8855]Funny to me people say racism isnt an issue with peoples opinions but one of the two arguing now was saying the players are likely drug dealers and the other calls black people coons and tells posters to go back to the jungle.[/QUOTE]
When have I ever been racist to anyone? I say they'd probably be drug dealears and you assume that I mean they're black. You're the one playing the race card.
Okay the fact that basketball players are in the entertainment industry shows that they owe us even less. I mean think about it-if all doctors that treated cancer doubled their prices, only the cancer patients who absolutely couldn't afford healthcare would stop seeing the doctor, because if they stop seeing the doctor they die. In this sense, I would say doctors/healthcare agencies owe the public to at least keep healthcare prices somewhat affordable. However, if the NBA doubled ticket prices, a lot more people would stop going to games, because even though these people could technically still afford it, they decide that the money could be better spent.
Seriously, all these people claiming the NBA owes us or something just need to take a basic Economics class. Ticket prices are determined entirely by the market. If Franchises can charge 1000 dollars for front row seats, and people will buy them, then obviously they are going to charge that much. If they sold these seats for $10, then the franchise is being inefficient. They are making less money than they could, and the customers willing to pay most for these seats aren't necessarily getting them. Players saying they "owe" the fans are just trying to give people another reason to buy their product, because if a fan feels a personal connection to a player/team then they might be willing to spend just a little more on the product.
This lockout should be showing fans more than anything how it is all just business.
[QUOTE=ConanRulesNBC]Oh f*ck off. Seriously. You're the most annoying poster on here. All you do is sit there and suck these NBA players *****.[/QUOTE]
Because my opinion differs from yours? Or is it that I am not as simplistic in my world view as to question why people who are entertainers and the most elite at what they do, deserve millions of dollars in compensation?
[QUOTE=ConanRulesNBC]That's not true. I know tons of people who give and donate to charities and go and help serve food at pads. I go and serve food at pads and go to feed my starving children and make the bags of rice, chicken, etc. to ship out to other countries.
These rich athletes could be doing so much more to help out less fortunate people. But they don't.[/QUOTE]
I bought mosquito netting for charity in this very topic. ive helped the homeless and given food away and helped out can drives and so on.
And rest assured......im selfish as hell.
We all are. We dont do half of what we can. I dont do a tenth. And ill throw stones when i dont spend enough to save a kids life or feed his whole family for a month on video games and bullshit i dont need.