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How are they worth anything when this sets the standard that the work is worth $0? If anything this moves the needle down on what you can earn later.
by Someone1234 6y ago
How are they worth anything when this sets the standard that the work is worth $0? If anything this moves the needle down on what you can earn later.
- thaumasiotes 6y agoThe Super Bowl doesn't pay the halftime performer. How are they worth anything?
- emodendroket 6y agoSo who are the nobodies who had their breakout because of the Super Bowl?
- Dylan16807 6y agoWhen dozens of celebrities offer to work for free, they won't pick a nobody. So what are you trying to prove? Do you honestly think it wouldn't skyrocket a new performer's career?
- emodendroket 6y agoI think it sounds like an example that doesn't prove what you aim to convince me of.
- Dylan16807 6y agoThe goal was to disprove "this sets the standard that work is worth $0". And celebrities using it in the middle of successful performance careers seems to disprove that idea just fine. You're the one that brought up breakouts, but the part you're demanding proof of is something that's obvious. No, I don't have proof that a nobody performing in the super bowl would have a huge spike in popularity. But I think you're being ridiculous if you think that wouldn't happen. If you want to find a flaw in an argument, demand proof of something that isn't obvious.
- emodendroket 6y agoAt best we can say it doesn't hurt some of the best-known and most popular performers in the world. If you're the Beyoncé of your field you can do whatever and it's unlikely to hurt you that badly. That has little bearing on the current discussion.
- thaumasiotes 6y agoWillful ignorance is not a good argument. These performers have detailed public sales figures. We know with certainty that performing in the Super Bowl is a large boost to their sales.
- emodendroket 6y agoBut their business model is totally different from a photographer. They're not in the business of works for hire and are featured far more prominently in the show than a photographer is going to be in wedding photos. I just don't see how this example is relevant.
- skeeter2020 6y agoThe PERFORMER pays for the half-time show! Obviously Lady Gaga is a terrible talent and a worse business woman.
- thaumasiotes 6y agoDo they? My understanding was that the performer receives no money and lays out no money, with the Super Bowl funding the show and getting the star for free. As in many things, this is an example of an equilibrium that probably doesn't precisely identify the relative value of each party's contribution, but which is very easy to agree on.