DelayedPenalty Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 ESPN has this dandy new feature that lets you enter your annual income and it will tell you exactly how long/how many stats a bunch of different professional athletes take to make you what you make in a year.For example, I entered my salary, compared to Marion Hossa. It takes him exactly .47 games to make what I make in a year It takes CC Sabathia .37 STRIKEOUTS to make what I make in a year! He has to throw 1 strike and he makes more than me!!You will need to work 686.57 years in order to make CC Sabathia's annual salary.Failure Calculator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopard88 Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 If you really want to be technical about it, Sabathia doesn't even have to do that much. He has a guaranteed contract, so he gets paid even if his arms falls off tomorrow. Most Liked Content of the Day -- February 15, 2017, August 21, 2017, August 22, 2017 ///// Proud Winner of the CCSLC Post of the Day Award -- April 8, 2008 Originator of the Upside Down Sarcasm Smilie -- November 1, 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njmeadowlanders Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 Well CC can shove it:http://espn.go.com/espn/thelife/salary/ind...salary=50000000Take that!(On edit: In the pursuit of full disclosure I should note I was laid off 3 months ago today and currently have zero income save for the $400 ish a week I get in unemployment for another 5 weeks...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DelayedPenalty Posted July 21, 2009 Author Share Posted July 21, 2009 Well CC can shove it:http://espn.go.com/espn/thelife/salary/ind...salary=50000000Take that!I'll pitch 1 game for the Yankees on CC's salary ($650,000) and make more than I will in my lifetime (if my salary never changed, which would suck!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charger77 Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 This is depressing! PotD May 11th, 2011looooooogodud: June 7th 2010 - July 5th 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 One of the most wealthy people I know takes in about $500,000 a year and he lives a very comfortable life. I entered in $500,000 just to see where these guys stand. CC Sabathia earns that in .76 games or about 5.5 innings according to salary crunch. Unbelieveable when you think he only pitches every fifth day and he only works from march to october. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayJaxon Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 It makes you wonder how some of these guys can go bankrupt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charger77 Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 It makes you wonder how some of these guys can go bankrupt.Women! PotD May 11th, 2011looooooogodud: June 7th 2010 - July 5th 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DelayedPenalty Posted July 21, 2009 Author Share Posted July 21, 2009 It makes you wonder how some of these guys can go bankrupt.Any why I have 0 sympathy for them when they do! Congrats, you blew it ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zmspartans Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 It makes you wonder how some of these guys can go bankrupt.Women!Hahaha. Well put. But its also because once they recieve their big contract, they just start spending and spending without keeping track of what they are buying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerbreadmann Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 "Who, me?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigga Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 Yay, fodder for people to hate athletes even more! Great. On January 16, 2013 at 3:49 PM, NJTank said: Btw this is old hat for Notre Dame. Knits Rockne made up George Tip's death bed speech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DelayedPenalty Posted July 22, 2009 Author Share Posted July 22, 2009 I think it has always been a hot debate, professional athletes worth vs. a doctor, or a teacher, or a lawyer, which is more important? Saving lives, or hitting a baseball? Seems like a no brainer to me. Now, can a doctor be paid $161 million to save lives? No, the hospital doesn't have that kind of money because they don't have ticket sales, merchandise revenues, food vendors, licensing agreements, video game contracts, etc.Sports are just like eBay, whatever someone is willing to pay is what the auction will go for. Ridiculously high amounts of money for someone to play a game. Which is also why I hate when athletes hold out on their contract to get more. Why? $6.5 million a season isn't enough for you to run around 16 times a season and catch a football? That doesn't support the lavish lifestyle you've become accustomed to? you you selfish son of a bitch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB61 Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 And this is why Australian Football salaries are not released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigga Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 I think it has always been a hot debate, professional athletes worth vs. a doctor, or a teacher, or a lawyer, which is more important? Saving lives, or hitting a baseball? Seems like a no brainer to me. Now, can a doctor be paid $161 million to save lives? No, the hospital doesn't have that kind of money because they don't have ticket sales, merchandise revenues, food vendors, licensing agreements, video game contracts, etc.Sports are just like eBay, whatever someone is willing to pay is what the auction will go for. Ridiculously high amounts of money for someone to play a game. Which is also why I hate when athletes hold out on their contract to get more. Why? $6.5 million a season isn't enough for you to run around 16 times a season and catch a football? That doesn't support the lavish lifestyle you've become accustomed to? you you selfish son of a bitch!:headdesk:You had me until you completely went off the rails here. On January 16, 2013 at 3:49 PM, NJTank said: Btw this is old hat for Notre Dame. Knits Rockne made up George Tip's death bed speech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayJaxon Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 It's true though. The men and women charged with educating our youth are paid like crap, but payers will hold out and hire guys like Boris to get them more money. It's sad but that's the kind of World we live in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DelayedPenalty Posted July 22, 2009 Author Share Posted July 22, 2009 I think it has always been a hot debate, professional athletes worth vs. a doctor, or a teacher, or a lawyer, which is more important? Saving lives, or hitting a baseball? Seems like a no brainer to me. Now, can a doctor be paid $161 million to save lives? No, the hospital doesn't have that kind of money because they don't have ticket sales, merchandise revenues, food vendors, licensing agreements, video game contracts, etc.Sports are just like eBay, whatever someone is willing to pay is what the auction will go for. Ridiculously high amounts of money for someone to play a game. Which is also why I hate when athletes hold out on their contract to get more. Why? $6.5 million a season isn't enough for you to run around 16 times a season and catch a football? That doesn't support the lavish lifestyle you've become accustomed to? you you selfish son of a bitch!:headdesk:You had me until you completely went off the rails here.How am I off the rails? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerbreadmann Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 I'm not sure, but I think you answered your own complaint. In many cases, players are actually paid under market value. Sure, doctors or firemen are more "important" to the well-being of society, but you know one very effective way to measure importance? Money. There is SO much money poured into the sports industry, their salaries are driven up as a result. It seems ludicrous, but if their salaries were all reduced it would be like a crime because then the owners would become even more filthy rich, and that's not necessarily a good thing. Not to mention a certain players' union outcry who would reference this same stuff. It seems all greedy to hold out for a better contract, etc., and it somewhat is, but first, it is hard to pass up more money, no matter how much it is and how much you would make anyway, and second, some of these guys are actually justified. Even someone like Albert Pujols, who I believe is paid a fair (actually, I meant "good," not "fair," because it is quite unfair to him) amount, still is like buying a new Porsche for $100. He produces so much money for that team that if he held out for a better deal, it probably still would be too low and he would also be completely justified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charger77 Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 I am a teacher by trade. If 20,000 people pay $50 bucks a pop 41 times a year plus bought Charger #77 jerseys I'd get millions too. But I knowingly went into a profession where I knew I could make a comfortable living and not mega-bucks.I don't begrudge anybody's salary as long as it can be justified by the company they work for and its through legal means.-Dan PotD May 11th, 2011looooooogodud: June 7th 2010 - July 5th 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 I think it has always been a hot debate, professional athletes worth vs. a doctor, or a teacher, or a lawyer, which is more important? Saving lives, or hitting a baseball? Seems like a no brainer to me. Now, can a doctor be paid $161 million to save lives? No, the hospital doesn't have that kind of money because they don't have ticket sales, merchandise revenues, food vendors, licensing agreements, video game contracts, etc.Sports are just like eBay, whatever someone is willing to pay is what the auction will go for. Ridiculously high amounts of money for someone to play a game. Which is also why I hate when athletes hold out on their contract to get more. Why? $6.5 million a season isn't enough for you to run around 16 times a season and catch a football? That doesn't support the lavish lifestyle you've become accustomed to? you you selfish son of a bitch!:headdesk:You had me until you completely went off the rails here.How am I off the rails?Payscales are determined by scarcity of the job being performed, the performance in the course of the same, and the amount of revenue they bring in. We have thousands upon thousands of teachers performing at a variety of levels bringing in minimal revenue to their schools. However, for those thousands upon thousands of teachers, there are only a small handful of people who can be professional athletes at a higher level, whilst generating much revenue for their teams. The market says that both are being paid commensurate to what they contribute; therefore there is no injustice./There's no money in helping society. On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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