Sunday, May 13, 2012

Overpaid athletes

  • Which benefits.the very wealthy Dayton. What a beautiful circle, man. No. Any bill that supports handouts to billionaires and misbehavied, overpaid athletes is a loser.
  • (Marketplace.publicradio.org)
  • When an outsider looks at what has happened to the once-proud Detroit Pistons, he or she will look no further than the overpaid athletes who have infiltrated the organization and not lived up to their contracts.
  • (YAHOO!)
  • Athletes make too much money, but they are not overpaid.  Its an important distinction.  With players taking home a reported 45% of team revenues, owners could spend more on players and still be profitable.
  • (ChicagoNow)
  • It's childish, reckless and stupid. But it's very, very human. And in this day of overpaid, under-performing athletes, isn't Stoudemire showing something that we want a little but more of –– passion? Sure, it's misguided passion.
  • (Detroit Free Press)
  • New SMU basketball coach Larry Brown discusses his new job, recruiting in Texas, one-and-done athletes, why he would like a coach Ive always been overpaid and this is no exception.
  • (ESPN)
  • We had as much pride in our city as we did in our overpaid pro athletes. We had more faith in government - could we now have less? - and more of a sense of community. The project's coverups and cost overruns didn't help, of course.
  • (Boston Globe)
  • It was a blow that would send the team into a tailspin for the rest of the decade. Derrick Coleman: Poster boy for overpaid, immature, overrated athletes everywhere.
  • (Bleacherreport.com)
  • That is 176 times more than the entry-level pay. While I think CEOs and athletes alike are overpaid, before you blame the unions for state deficits and running companies out of business, I can think of 176 reasons to look elswhere.
  • (Post-Crescent)
  • Its the same as when people say athletes are overpaid and teachers should be paid more. Athletes are entertainers. They get paid big money because millions of people are willing to pay to watch them play. In turn, part of the deal is enduring negativity.
  • (Atlantic City Press)

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