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Originally Posted by jayswin
I think the real life comparisons are pretty apt. If you were at work and your boss said "Man, you're a great employee, but the team would be so much better if you took $55k instead of $75k".
Then you did it, and next month Jim walks in and says "Yeah, they headhunted me from company X for $65k, any ways looks like you'll be my boss, nice to meet you".
Not a perfect comparison obviously, but the point is players are human and just because their salaries are beyond our comprehension doesn't me they're not prone/entitled to the same feelings and aspirations as us in terms of career earnings.
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The two biggest problems I have with that comparison is:
- going from 75k to 55k is almost a 33% discount. We are talking what for Johnny... 10%ish?
- and more significantly, at 55k/75k, you are dealing with numbers that are actually close to the numbers that families need to provide for themselves. Compare that to 7M, which is now just about ego and providing for your kid's kids'.