Greedy Baseball Players

The damage the players are doing to their decaying sport has been delectable to observe.

Let me just start by saying I love Baseball. It’s always been my favorite sport despite understanding why some say it’s boring to watch. Now, the reason I agree with the topic title is because in my opinion all athletes, regardless of sport, are way too overpaid. Honestly, I think they should just be paid enough to cover bills(housing, utilities, all forms of insurance, etc.) & some vacation money for when their sports’ season isn’t in play. But one player getting millions of dollars is ludicrous & then multiply that with a team of good players who each get paid in the millions is equally stupid. The way I see it, all it does to pay players that much is just force their merchandise & concessions(food & drinks at the stadiums) to be over-priced. Especially since what they do isn’t an essential part of life as we’ve seen due to the coof. Although I know others, like myself, have recognized & known this for years.

Just think about it, though, if NO ONE bought food & drinks from concession stands or vendors walking up/down the aisles when at the games they would have a massive amount of wasted food & would force them to rethink their prices to be more reasonable. I mean, can ANYONE legitimately argue for a $7+ cup of soda or a $5+ hot dog or pretzel? If they didn’t have as much money from in-stadium purchases & outside branding then they wouldn’t have as much money to throw at players to essentially throw a ball. I hate that expression but ultimately it’s what they(the players) do.

This is on the ownership, not players.

Let’s say you are employed and your boss GUARANTEES you $100 to play 100 games. Due to shutdown, you’re only able to play 50 games. You, as a player, basically ask “OK that’s fine, we’ll play half of a season and you pay me $50.” Ownership says “no can do, how about $30?” The teams and ownership have no legal right to cut pay on guaranteed salaries. If you were the player, would you take that deal?