Yes I said it. Read the title again if you need to but it’s true; if we cut the salaries of professional athletes by a drastic measure, we will see two changes: fewer problems in sports and an increase in intelligence as a nation. Think I’m crazy? I challenge you to read the entire post and then if you still think I’m wrong, I’d love to hear why…
I know there are tons of people out there in our universe who feel that the salaries of pro athletes should be cut but I actually have legitimate reasons. Please don’t mistake me for those thousands of groups who rally for the cut; feminists, the unemployed, women, the government, feminists, low paying jobs that are insignificant to existence, feminists and also some groups of women activists, also known as feminists.
Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy wasting 3 hours watching a 9 inning game of baseball where 16 out of the 18 guys who are playing, just stand there most of the time where there combined salary is more then all the people who will read this article combined. Nothing makes me happier then seeing interviews of players who refer to themselves in the third person while mixing in grammatical faux pas such as prepositions ending sentences or the improper use of adverbial clauses when describing their stunning performance which led them to victory (not the team effort of 30 other men). I couldn’t think of a better way then spending my Sunday mornings watching ESPN report about another disgruntled athlete who wont report to training because he isn’t making over 10 million like his other buddies. But think about it, if we cut their salaries, what message does that send to our up and coming kids of today…what change do you think that will make?
I’ve thought about this for a while and, well, quite frankly, I can’t see a better idea. Take a look:
1. No more bull sh*t problems: How many times have you heard about athletes who won’t play do to contract problems or that they are upset because they aren’t making as much money as the next guy…does that WORK in real life? What would happen to you if you went up to your boss and said “Rick, I’m not coming into work tomorrow because you aren’t paying me enough…and also I know you’re paying Steve more than me and I pretty much do the same work as him, so why don’t you call me when you’re ready to negotiate.” Somehow I feel like you would be looking in next weeks classifieds before you ever heard back from him…but yet we let this slide in the pro’s today. We baby our athletes and offer then an extra million or two. The problem is that they can afford not to play for a year, we can’t. Less then 1.8 % of real working Americans can take that much time off to find a new job, other people put up with most crap because they need the $$$. Take that away from the athletes and they know they will have nothing else left but to just make the money they make and play the game.
2. Increase in Intelligence: Most children/teens today do not see the glory of being the hero in the game, they see the cash behind it. We’ve gone from wanting to become role models to just wanting endorsement deals. If athletes didn’t make as much as say lawyers, or researchers or doctors, we would have a lot more student athletes who were more focused on the student part rather then the latter.
It’s pretty obvious that the effects we would have as a whole in decreasing of salaries in professional sports would be very beneficial. Who could disagree with it?
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