Professional Sports is it Time for These Guys to Start Making Less Money? (base jumping)
No commentsBy Shawn Wilson
In the crazy economic times that we are currently living in I am wondering if the money and time spent on watching millionaires play sports is going to drop? I am talking about all sports here, Football both American and European, Baseball, Hockey, NBA car racing like Nascar, Formula 1 and many more. You have to think that most of us around the world are going to take a serious look at were are dollars are going. One of the easiest ways to reduce our monthly expenses is to remove those items that aren’t necessities. Watching professional sports is one of them and the truth is before this recession hit most of us could not afford to go to a game anyways.
Most of us agree that a major portion of these athletes make way too much money for playing a sport most of us do for free. In fact most of us pay money to play these sports on the weekends. Past the fact that most of us have been avoiding live sporting events for years because of its price I wonder how many of the supporters will stop going to games?
Most analysts expect the slow down in the economy to last about 4-5 years before things get back to normal. Can major sports whether the storm? Do they provide enough value for what the fan gets in return. Most of us disagree and here’s why, I will take a New York Knicks game for example, the average ticket is over $150 per person, then you have to get a hot dog and a drink and if you’re lucky maybe an ice cream cone. This all adds up to roughly $60 for a family of four. You then have to factor parking/transportation which is going to be $20. For a family of four the total cost for one evening of NBA action is $700. Even if you have that amount of disposable monthly income is it even worth it?
Things are going to change that’s for sure, I hope all of you athletes have done a good job investing your money. If I am right you’ll be making a whole lot less in the near future!
My mother always taught me to find the positives in everything and this to me is going to be a big one, athletes’ making less money. I think they should start paying these guys based on performance, I have to admit I do prefer the way golfers and the auto racing guys get paid. Win a race or a tournament and you get more money, the only part that es me off, the guy that finishes in last place usually makes more than I do in a year!
This article was written by Shawn Wilson, who is part of the customer support team at Datepad, an Internet Dating website.
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