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When you are a football player, and this is what you have been training and dreaming of your entire life, making $15mil instead of $30m, or maybe $1m instead of
by seibelj 10y ago
When you are a football player, and this is what you have been training and dreaming of your entire life, making $15mil instead of $30m, or maybe $1m instead of $2m on the low end, would not make you stop playing football and start selling insurance or whatever.
- maxerickson 10y agoI was simply commenting about where the money goes. Players capture a lot of the revenue, a decline in revenue will thus likely be reflected in a decline in their compensation. To your point, they can go down quite a lot and still be viable.
- 36bydesign 10y agoWell that's tragic /s
- seibelj 10y agoGotcha, I was just saying how I doubt it will result in worse player quality, at least not immediately.
- geodel 10y agoNot player quality but maybe, just maybe extremely ostentatious lifestyle will be less visible.
- Touche 10y agoIt's more about young athletes who have the choice between sports where your brain turns to mush and make half as much as you used to or other sports that are easier on the body. Look whats happened to boxing.