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Originally Posted by Snapolit1
If you don't watch baseball because of how much the players make, I assume you don't go to the movies either. Or buy much music. Jack Nicholson used to make like $6m for a few HOURS of set time. Elon Musk probably makes $800M in a DAY. Ditto Bill Gates. We have more billionaires in this country than any nation in the history of the world.
Leon is entitled to his view of course. But penalizing an entire sport because of what players did a generation ago? Men who are now in their 60s? You have soured on the sport because of that. I just don't get it.
Oakland As run into the ground by ownership . . . with an assist from the city. I read today that this poverty franchise was valued at 3 BILLION. And people are sour that a player is making 100 Million?
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Yes, players make what they do because their abilities bring in more revenue than they're paid.
The downside is that tickets are now way too expensive for an average fan to show up and buy a ticket to a game. The cheap seats at Fenway are about $100 each this year. The standing room in left field are almost 300. "loge Box" which used to be lower grandstand are about 200, depending on how far away you are.
A far stretch from when a HS kid with a job paying 3-4 an hour could go to something like 11 straight games trying to see Yaz 3000th hit.
Yes, it was years ago and everything had gotten more expensive. But even with our much better family income I couldn't manage much more than 1 or 2 games in the worst seats.
The reality for many musicians is not what you think. My friend that died recently was getting somewhere in trop rock, good following in the genre, couple songs doing well. He posted about his "earnings" a bout 2 years after his first song..... $3.... and they wanted $6 to send him a check.
Do it because you really like it.