Basketball player salary -- are you suprised?

I read something interesting today...

Ross Siler and Steve Luhm of the Salt Lake Tribune figured out that the average professional basketball player in the NBA earns $3,487 per minute.

Does this surprise you? Do you think they should earn this...

amount?

Thats not right.
Dr's save people lifes and they dont get half as much as they do for dribbling a damn ball.
Nurses are the key to a hospital and get paid low.
Teachers are the reason why they know how to autograph and get paid Shi**y.
its so wrong.

It does and No I don't think so. They are like, why we are so down in the dumps.

no, it doesn suprise me one bit, I think its really stupid they get paid that much just to play a game. I think that for any sport. I think its ridiculus that athletes get paid that much. maybe thats why our economy sucks b/c all our money is going to all these sports. I mean look how we could start helping ourselves, if they cut their pay and start using it for our economy needs!!!

I think it's ridiculous. Especially since girls make like 300,000. But hey, they worked for it too. I guess.

they make 209,220 a game if that thats too much.A teacher only gets paid 40,000 a year.Basketball players end up making before play offs 17,156,040$ because they play 82 games a season before playoffs.If they are lucky enough to go to the playoffs they make 23,014,200$ may be this is why our economy is so f'ed up!!! ther is a 5,858,160$ diffrence that is ridiculous what about us little people that can barley put food on the table?

well no and no

its ridiculous that these people get paid like a fortune to hit and throw things...doesnt make sense to me

No, and I disagree that it's wrong they make so much. People should be compensated for their work. Most of us don't have millions of customers on a daily or weekly basis, but basketball players do. People watch them constantly, buy their jerseys and sneakers, play video games featuring them, and follow their every move. They have to work very hard too and remain in the public eye. If you were involved in such a profitable franchise, you would expect to be paid in like manner. I hardly make anywhere near what a baller does but it doesn't frustrate me that they earn so much.

It does not surprise me at all if you take 5 seconds to think about it. Its all a matter of perspective. To me and you 200k+ a game may seem silly since they are as someone said thorwing things. That is a lot of money. More than 4 times the amount that the average family in the u.s. brings home. But if you think of who is paying them it all makes sense. Have you figured it out?... The NBA. The National Basketball Association makes billions upon billions upon more billions a game from all sorts of things. If you look at a basketball game you notice signs and things advertising products EVERYWHERE. Not one of those signs, advertisments, endorcements, or commercials are free. When you watch a basketball game you see packed arenas. Those people dont get in for free. They buy tickets to see those guys play. If you think a liitle bit more most buisnesses that have employees spend about 50-80% of profits on salaries. The NBA pays 30% percent. In a way those guys are relativley severly underpaid!

I can really only say look at baseball. Those players get paid much more and I doubt most of them do more work than NBA atheletes. Baseball players also have a longer career in most cases. I feel I can't say anything about the NBA until MLB playters earn less than NBA players.

Of coarse but nt entirely im gona bball player you know lol jk