luckshot said:
well then why continue to post in a thread that revolves around retired nfl players and what they earned. the factory worker salary was used to help illustrate a point that what the football players earned as high end athletes is not that much today.
couple that with the potentially crippled bodies of retired footballers and they may wish that they had been working in a factory for the last 30 years and still be employable
Life sucks when you make more than the vasty majority make in a year and only actually work for 16 weeks (by-week, nobody works), doesn't it? Have medical expenses covered for the duration, so there's no need to worry about any of that money actually going towards insurance. Plus, even after they no longer work for the NFL, yes, Healthcare is terminated, hwoever, injuries incurred during their coverage, would continue to be covered if the medical treatment didn't work. I know, because my brother was hurt on a job 2 years ago, and they're still having to go back into surgery to fix the problem.
Pro Football Players, make at minimum, what $3000 a week? For 16 weeks of work. More if they reach the playoffs (the amount is determined via contract), and even more depending on how far they get in the playoffs?
It was a bad analogy, a terribly analogy, and make Pro Football players out to be these poor abused souls. 3000 a week? If you can't support a family of 3 on 3K a week, it won't matter how much you make, because you spend well outside what you should be. I called that person out on it, we had a back and forth until I felt my point was made, and had no further reason to discuss it with him, as he's obviously received a Major in Economics from Devrye.
However, then someone else comes along and chimes in their 2 cents, at which point there's more to be said. And now we're here.
