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this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; Originally Posted by saintpaul25 I'm a firm believer in getting paid for what you do, and what they do it very dangerous indeed. But not as dangerous as say being a policeman, or in the military, or a fireman. Those ...

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Old 09-11-2010, 11:11 AM   #1
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Originally Posted by saintpaul25 View Post

I'm a firm believer in getting paid for what you do, and what they do it very dangerous indeed. But not as dangerous as say being a policeman, or in the military, or a fireman. Those guys put their lives on the line everyday, and don't make anywhere NEAR what a bench warming NFL scrub makes.
No offense man and I am sorry to say this, but nothing annoys me more than hearing this same argument constantly. If it was as difficult to be any of those things you just named they would make more money or similar money, but it isn't. Unfortunately private industry is just that. I am not trying to pick on you, but I am sincerely sick of hearing this argument. It has no legitimate reasoning to it. If someone has private money and chooses to pay someone 30 million dollars to sweep his floors why would someone else ever have the right to dictate what that person does with the money they earned. You don't. It doesn't matter what spin you attempt to place on it- you simply do not own their money and therefor have no legitimate right to dictate what they do with it.

If you want to have that type of say than you have to go earn that type of money and than you can choose to spend your money in any matter you see fit.

I could care less what the players have going on with their contract and tend to agree that their all wealthy- but the simple fact is the owners OWN the team- they should be able to pay what they see fit, and if you as a player choose not to play for that, that is well within your right too. Unfortunately this country has set a dangerous precedent that somehow people who take on none of the rick that owners of companies do somehow have a right to a large portion of that persons earnings. I simply disagree. You are paid for your talent, and if you don't have much you are paid accordingly. It does not require much talent to be a policeman or fireman (I said nothing of the danger) and they are paid accordingly. Just like objects are generally more valuable due to how rare they are- the same goes with talent.

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