The overwhelming sentiment in sports fandom is disdain for players reaping compensation commensurate w/ the value of the product they create
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Replying to @mtracey
What does it say about our economic system that athletes/celebrities are valued SO highly & public servants not at all?
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Replying to @RBrookman34
That's a separate issue from how the profits created ought to be distributed to laborers versus ownership
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Replying to @mtracey
Sports gets it right if that is focus: disparity between owner profits & labor salaries must be lower in sports than anywhere else
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Replying to @RBrookman34
Because of strong collective bargaining agreements.
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Replying to @mtracey
How do we improve collective bargaining power for jobs that more people are capable of doing in more fragmented industries?
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Replying to @mtracey
Agreed. May need long-form version of Twitter for that one.
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Replying to @RBrookman34
I maybe should've narrowed my claim to NBA, as I was reacting to revulsion over recent signings.
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Replying to @mtracey
Not sure it makes a difference. To me and probably others, $10 million a year is just as incomprehensible as 25.
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Right, I just wonder if the popular revulsion varies depending on the sport, i.e. NFL salaries don't provoke the same backlash
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Replying to @mtracey
I would think people would be more accepting of high salaries in the NFL given health consequences & lack of guaranteed deals
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Replying to @RBrookman34
Also likely a racial element -- NBA 80 to 90% black.
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