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what difference does it make?!?!?
You don't seem to get how it works.
Soldiers are not making much because they're not suppose to what they do for $$. It's supposed to be an commitment. Pay soldiers millions and you'll see all kind of merceneries in your army who would be there only for the cash and doesn't give a for all the rest.
For the rest, well, it is what you call capitalism or liberalism. It is the law of the offer and the demand and of the market. I'm not saying I agree with that but as a french man, I'm surprised to read that from US posters.Basketball players are paid that much because NBA makes that much, because you're watch it, you're watch the commercials, because you're buying the jerseys and because all this money is distibuted to a small group of people. It's your money which is paying them.
Teachers or people like that have less money to share and are much more numerous and as for soldiers money is not what is supposed to guide them to their job, calling, vocation are.
what difference does it make?!?!?
we're talking ref pay, not athletes.
why are you so against us even discussing something as sacred as the salary of a ref? they make a lot, much more than i thought they would, and even with the supply/demand stuff, $150,000 should be plenty, in my opinion, and i've enjoyed everyone who has chimed in. but being offended that we even want to talk about it is odd.
it is none of our business what refs make or even players
what person becomes a teacher for the money?
NBA refs, like NBA athletes, are (supposedly) the best in the business. You pay an NBA ref a lot more for the same reason that NBA athletes make more than CBA athletes.
I can't believe this is 3 pages long.
You have to look at this in perpective; It may seem like an NBA ref is making a lot of money (compared to other "Regular" people) but compared to what NBA players make, it's chump change. Litterally. Without good/semi decent Refs, who's jobs are just as hard as NBA players in that they have to travel, play 48 minutes, etc. Not to mention all the work it seems they have to do post game in that they are supposed to review every call made etc.
It's like saying a nurse making $60K is a lot.............but not compared to what a Doctor makes and a nurse is just as important to the health of a patient as the doctor is right? Same with refs and nba players....
I dont know where the soldier thing came into play. haha
what the does being a soldier have to do with how much an NBA ref is paid? nothing.
When I heard what they made, I thought for a second, "Hmm career path?"
But I decided no because I don't want the Spurs players and you guys mad at me all the time.
stern mentioned that the ref in question makes $260k during his press conference and it surprised me. i'd heard a lot about how the pressure to fix a game wouldn't be felt as much by a player because the player makes so many millions so wouldn't want to risk that. but refs were supposed to be more at risk because they made less, which i had thought would be about $50-$100,000, you know, pretty good but not great. the $260k just floored me.
whatawe, suns fans?When I heard what they made, I thought for a second, "Hmm career path?"
But I decided no because I don't want the Spurs players and you guys mad at me all the time.
nothing. but think about it the next time espn does some special on pat tillman and how much of a hero he is or something similar and realize that the hero soldier tillman likely made less than the no-name ref running down a sideline. it's surprising, to me at least.
i'm just stunned that you can't get a good/semi decent ref for less money than what a cardiologist makes to fix hearts (and not games ... ba dum dum).
but nba players aren't paid because they are the best athletes, they are paid because folks want to watch them play. people aren't there to watch the refs, thus i'd expect them to make more in lines of what, say, an electrician or dentist makes. i'm not saying they won't make more than their lesser counterparts working their way up, just that the gulf between the two isn't that great but i'm guessing the salaries are. at least i hope some cba ref isn't pulling $200k.
tillman had an NFL contract, and made much more than $260k a year.
whatawe, suns fans?
That and Rasho would be league MVP and Beno would be scoring champ.When I heard what they made, I thought for a second, "Hmm career path?"
But I decided no because I don't want the Spurs players and you guys mad at me all the time.
and if they did pay soldiers that much, there probably wouldn't be much of a need for conscription. then again, i don't think anyone would want to deal with that tax hike.
soldier tillman? not the guy who played football but the guy who was out in afghanistan. or if not him, the folks he served with, the majority of the folks being called hero and reconstructing iraq and in charge of towns that have a major impact on our country's foreign policy ... make less than an nba ref. by a mile. that doesn't surprise you?
does make you wonder how many wars we'd get into though if the soldiers cost that much.
Shoogar Bear, I just saw your alteration to my post- funny one you are!
based on all the allegations against haliburton et. al, we probably can afford to. there are, what, 130,000 troops in iraq now? 260k times 130,000 gives it $33 bil. cost of war now, according to the national priorities project (http://costofwar.com/) is $446 bil so far.
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