Think about it. Why should Kobe and Lebron get all those points for themselves? Rather than allowing the greediest players to loaf their way to the top by exploiting their teammates and opponents, they should have to forfeit their fair share of points to the league as a whole. It's not fair that all these points ar concentrated in the hands of the few. Social justice demands equality for all.
Not to mention their salaries.
I find it ironic that the same people who complain about "big bad wall street salaries" will pay $50+ dollars to cram themselves into a stadium and watch a whole bunch of guys get paid millions of dollars to run around.
I have no problem with the market determining salaries for players, but the hypocrisy of acting like some people getting paid millions are assholes while some others are totally legitimate is astounding.
[quote]An Engineer wrote:
Not to mention their salaries.
"I find it ironic that the same people who complain about "big bad wall street salaries" will pay $50+ dollars to cram themselves into a stadium and watch a whole bunch of guys get paid millions of dollars to run around.
I have no problem with the market determining salaries for players, but the hypocrisy of acting like some people getting paid millions are assholes while some others are totally legitimate is astounding.:
Right. Cuz voluntarily spending $100 to see the greatest basketball players in the world is identical to involuntarily paying thousands of dollars so that Wall Street multi-millionaires can have their million dollar bonuses. Now there is some slave thinking
You forgot a period.
The New UncleB wrote:
Right. Cuz voluntarily spending $100 to see the greatest basketball players in the world is identical to involuntarily paying thousands of dollars so that Wall Street multi-millionaires can have their million dollar bonuses. Now there is some slave thinking
That's exaclty right. It's incredible how so few people are able to see that not taxing someone is the same thing as involuntarily paying them. If you don't tax the rich, you're GIVING THEM FREE MONEY! Simple!
The NBA has unionized players and a salary cap to keep the wealthy teams from using free market forces to dominate the teams in smaller markets. Not the best example for an argument that taxes are just a redistribution of wealth.
Crusading Egalitarian Nihilist wrote:
Think about it. Why should Kobe and Lebron get all those points for themselves? Rather than allowing the greediest players to loaf their way to the top by exploiting their teammates and opponents, they should have to forfeit their fair share of points to the league as a whole. It's not fair that all these points ar concentrated in the hands of the few. Social justice demands equality for all.
It's hilarious that an imbecile like yourself thinks he is making some profound and witty point/analogy. Sorry to break it to you, but there is no comparison between a sport and a society.
And don't worry, because of the republicans fighting so DESPERATELY for the unpaid for tax cut extensions for the rich (the ONE thing they believe in), Lebron and Kobe will be even richer. Feel better now? Instead of 5 or 6 Ferraris, maybe now they can have 8 each. Yes, the poor, poor, rich who need protection from blue collar idiot slobs like yourself. They LAUGH at you all the way to the bank. You fight for them and suck their dicks, and they look down at you and pity your stupidity. And all the while, the gap between the poorest and the richest in the this country has grown and grown and grown. But on PRINCIPLE, you want that gap to grow a lot more, because it just BOILS your blood to think that the Obamas, or Bushs, or Kenndys, or Clintons, or Kobe Bryants or Lebron James of the world might have to give up a bit more in taxes in order that the society that helped that become multi millionaires works a little better for the little guy who pays their salary. THAT is the fight you believe in so much?
You are hopeless joke of a person.
What did you do that made you deserving of growing up in the mid-class home you were born into? Nothing. What is the reason that, as the best country in the world, we shouldn't try and make sure that our lower class gets the same chance as the rest of the country so that they can be productive and successful? There isn't one.
Crusading Egalitarian Nihilist wrote:
Think about it. Why should Kobe and Lebron get all those points for themselves? Rather than allowing the greediest players to loaf their way to the top by exploiting their teammates and opponents, they should have to forfeit their fair share of points to the league as a whole. It's not fair that all these points ar concentrated in the hands of the few. Social justice demands equality for all.
Lebron is the best player in the world and reigning 2 time mvp. He has been in the top 5 in the league the last couple years in ASSISTS!!! That means he is UNSELFISH and passes the ball to his teammates. (Those same former teammates who are the WORST team in the eastern conference.) He is also the 22nd highest paid player in the league.
Don't ever mistake Lebron and his talent for Kobe Klanker who is very selfish, especially the last few minutes of a game and klanks up shots from all over the floor missing most of them and making an occasional one at the buzzer that everybody thinks makes him the greatest player ever when in reality he is really = Allen Iverson. He had the talent to be very great but his selfishness really made him just a "gunner" or "ballhog" or whatever it is they call those guys these days.
If you are concerned about pay, the 2nd highest paid player in the league is a washed up DRUG CHEAT avg 12 points a game and making over 20 million dollars this year.
The NBA is already redistributing the wealth by giving away free throws. They're free.
damnn wrote:
What did you do that made you deserving of growing up in the mid-class home you were born into? Nothing.
What is the reason that, as the best country in the world, we shouldn't try and make sure that our lower class gets the same chance as the rest of the country so that they can be productive and successful? There isn't one.
There is no "we." Live your own life and quit trying to kick others down.
Reality 4 U wrote:
damnn wrote:What did you do that made you deserving of growing up in the mid-class home you were born into? Nothing.
What is the reason that, as the best country in the world, we shouldn't try and make sure that our lower class gets the same chance as the rest of the country so that they can be productive and successful? There isn't one.
There is no "we." Live your own life and quit trying to kick others down.
yep... united we fall, divided we stand
Actually the points scored by the top players are given to the team. The individuals do not get to keep any of the points for themselves.
The TEAM with the most points wins.
The teams with the most wins go to the playoffs.
The playoff teams with the most wins get to be champions. Even those that don't score or even get in the game get to be called champions if they are on the team.
The individuals in the league with the most points scored (and then given to their team) are not guaranteed any championship.
The NBA is very socialist with how they redistribute an individuals points.