>$273 million in 4 years for basketballLMAO imagine working blue or white collar jobs.Are you all fucking stupid? this has convinced me to start transporting 'goods' if you know what I'm saying.
>>62770551from mid september until the end of april they have no control over their life and are doing whatever they are told for the greater benefit of the team. They are only free to be human from may to early september and that's if your team didn't make the playoffs in some cases your vacation is from mid june to early september. Even during your "vacation" you still have to work and maintain your skills or else you have the chance at falling victim and not getting anymore contracts. everything you do is also in the public eye and there is no chance at going back to normal civilian status. it's not as glamorous as you are making it seem. you also fail to mention that the NBA has anywhere from 500 to 600 players every year but only a fraction of them will make big money. Only 16 players will be making $50m or more a year.
highest paid nba players for this upcoming 2026-2027 season>Steph Curry: $62.5m>Nikola Jokic: $59m>Giannis Antetokounmpo: $58.4m>Jayson Tatum: $58.4m>Anthony Davis: $58.4m>Joel Embiid: $57.9m>Jaylen Brown: $57.7m>Devin Booker: $57m>Karl-Anthony Towns: $57m>Jimmy Butler: $56.8m>Paul George: $54.1m>Kawhi Leonard: $50.3m>Cade Cunningham: $50.1m>Donovan Mitchell: $50.1m>Evan Mobley: $50.1m>Jamal Murray: $50.1mYou also fail to mention that these players bring in more money than what they make by a lot and are actually underpaid. Amazon Prime, NBC/Peacock, ABC/ESPN pay the NBA a combined $7 BILLION DOLLARS just to broadcast this seasons NBA games. Now add in the fact that all 30 teams will host 41 games at their home arena. Now add the naming rights for the Emirates cup, Sofi playin tournament, Nike sponsorship because they make the jerseys, Gatorade, Coca Cola & Sprite, Google, AT&T, Microsoft, AWS, and all of the additional sponsors. Steph Curry at $62.5m a year is severely underpaid when you realize how much money he brings in to the NBA and the Golden State organization.
>>62770733>>62770756Interesting points HOWEVER the average 9-5 wagie has even less time where they are "free to be human" and once they retire they can live high off the hog for the rest of their live and never work again so you're just being a smartass faggot really.
>>62770733spunds like being a private in the army except they only make like $2000 a month
>>62770767It doesn't change the fact that they are underpaid and are being scammed by the owners of these teams.
It's wild the money payout for the .01% of basketball player vs the .1%
>>62770767The average 9-5 wagie sits in their office doing nothing for 8 hours a day. Sometimes they will have 5-10 minutes of actual work to do.
