I Wish Someone Would Pay Me $33 Million
I know everyone’s all happy because Joe Mauer just signed a contract with the Twins for $33 million dollars over 4 years. Hometown boy, team’s doing well, blah blah blah.
I hate to be a party pooper, but it pisses me off that (certain) professional athletes make so damn much money. That’s $50,926 per game. Not accounting for taxes, practice and travel hours, and playoff time, but you get the picture.
Especially for as much as we fight over how much this damn stadium is costing and how we’re paying for it. I confess I don’t know the ins and outs of the economics of sports, but this is seriously ridiculous.
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It’s like TV Anchor and Movie Star economics. The ownership makes way more than what they pay the stars. People come to the game/tv/theater to see the stars. So ownership pays stars silly amount of money… which doesn’t compare to insanely silly amount of money they are making.
There’s always someone out there willing to pay more… someone desperate for the star… so salaries keep escalating upward.
You know I love me some Twins. But yeah, it’s frustrating when a 23-year-old kid, in this instance, only has to work a couple of days a week to make my yearly salary.
On the other hand, Mauer does fill seats, which is why they want him here in time for the new stadium. In the baseball world, not taking into consideration anything else, it’s a really good move.
Wendy, if we could only convince someone that you and I fill seats… we could get us some $33 million.
Actually, I’d take $3.3 million.
OK, I’d take $330,000.
I wouldn’t say no to 33 cents.
I get it from a strategic baseball business standpoint. Great player, popular with fans, more butts in seats.
I’d consider becoming a professional baseball fan for 33 cents per game. And some nachos.
Ooh, sign me up for that.
Nachos are key.