Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
Pro sports has become more looking like pure unadulterated greed than anything. It’s one thing to argue that market forces drive pricing but it’s another then to ask the public to fund your capital asset and then claim market forces drive pricing.
If the model requires massive subsidy for your capital asset, the answer is lower your prices and by extension player salaries.
It is disgusting that this owner made his enormous wealth from exploiting an Alberta resource, then moved to another country to avoid paying tax on his enormous wealth, and then asked the public to pay for his major capital asset on his luxury toy.
It’s so broken it’s tough to even imagine how we got here.
A baseball player just signed a $700mm contract yesterday. Does this make sense to anyone?
|
Everything has become completely dislodged from reality in my mind. Although not a big soccer fan, I appreciate and understand the global aspect to it.
One thing I can not wrap my head around is some of the biggest names fleeing for Saudi and other leagues for money that is beyond comprehension for an athlete, who are in essences, employee's of clubs. I am a capitalist and pro businesses/free market etc.
I just can't ever picture or understand how these players can scuff their noses at getting paid 30,40,50 million Euros ($45-75 million CAD) a year and live in the coolest cities in Europe and arguably the world. They would rather be playing in leagues people don't follow to the same degree for 10 times the money, and I get it, I just don't know if I would ever have the balls or the morals to do it.
Wild times all around