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The average high school teacher in the US makes about $44k a year. A 2.8% raise is nothing to scoff at. Also, I think you're vastly underestimating, based on
by VikingCoder 13y ago
The average high school teacher in the US makes about $44k a year.
A 2.8% raise is nothing to scoff at.
Also, I think you're vastly underestimating, based on all of the support staff necessary to make a sporting facility, man it, broadcast it, and comment on it.
Not to mention how much the team owners take out of it.
- harryh 13y agoWell we were just talking about salaries for the players which is why I only quoted those numbers. I think that most of the sports union contracts stipulate that players get around 50% of gross revenues so you can double things if you want to go that route.
- VikingCoder 13y agoA 5.6% raise is not nothing. ;-)
- harryh 13y agoOh ya, it's definitely not nothing. But it's not the huge windfall I think that OP implied. It's not "if we didn't spend so much money on sports we could fix all these problems we have in our education system" money.
- VikingCoder 13y agoSports merchandising. Travel to sporting events. I overall think it would hurt the economy (not "help education,") but you're still massively understating the money spent on sports.