didymushawk
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Do professional athletes deserve their pay?
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HAWKEYESTATE4ever
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That is a parenting issue as much as anything else.
whammer33024
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the only way i agree with that is if you're saying that because i chose brett favre...
i grew up idolizing ken griffey jr...not my doctor. you're telling me that my parents were at fault for that? or is it because i grew up loving sports? i could go outside and try to do the same things i saw professional athletes doing on tv...but i'm pretty sure i'd have gotten in some big trouble if i tried to take out my friends appendix in the backyard.
i couldn't buy my doctors jersey...i couldn't watch him on tv...i couldn't buy tickets to his surgeries. i'm not saying doctors aren't important. hell, if i had to make the choice between surgery on a saturday in the fall or watching the iowa game, i'm choosing surgery.
but as far as it being a "parenting issue" as to why i called ken griffey jr my hero and not my doctor is absurd
i grew up idolizing ken griffey jr...not my doctor. you're telling me that my parents were at fault for that? or is it because i grew up loving sports? i could go outside and try to do the same things i saw professional athletes doing on tv...but i'm pretty sure i'd have gotten in some big trouble if i tried to take out my friends appendix in the backyard.
i couldn't buy my doctors jersey...i couldn't watch him on tv...i couldn't buy tickets to his surgeries. i'm not saying doctors aren't important. hell, if i had to make the choice between surgery on a saturday in the fall or watching the iowa game, i'm choosing surgery.
but as far as it being a "parenting issue" as to why i called ken griffey jr my hero and not my doctor is absurd
tm3308
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Well let's just have you get up and tell people what they should spend their money on. People are free to spend their money to be entertained. Yes, sports are a distraction. And a necessary one, at that. Should we all stop going to Cubs games and put that money towards......the situation in Iran? Not sure what we can do to help there. I think I'll go ahead and be 'distracted' from all the crap that I can't control.
Stealthawk
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Yes, as long as fanatics are willing to fork over the money, they deserve it. I think a better question would be: Does the gov't deserve to take 50% of the athletes salaries?
