Recently got into a discussion about the salaries of sports figures. The more I seem to get in these types of discussions, the more I see myself in the minority of an opinion. I can’t say I “don’t care” how much someone else makes, mainly because I find myself wishing to make more of my own. However, I will NOT state that someone makes “too much”. My feeling is that I then should be a target for everyone else that makes less than I do.
The big argument I always hear is how can an athelete have a multi-million dollar contract, and teachers aren’t paid nearly what they’re worth? I agree, teachers are under paid, but if people paid $40+ to sit in a desk every day to learn, then there’d be money to pay the teachers. If you think atheletes make too much money: don’t watch a game, don’t go to a game, don’t buy any paraphanelia remotely related to their sport or team. You’ll have more of your own money to spend, and be contributing less to theirs!
What I do believe is that to whom much is given, much is expected. I expect someone to be charitable with what they are given, I’m guilty of not being as charitable as I should sometimes, and maybe sometimes generous to a point of bad stewardship.
A new thought that developed in this latest conversation was that taxing a community because a sports team wants a new stadium doesn’t seem right. The cost of building a new stadium, should be voluntary to those citizens that want to contribute, corporate sponsors, team owners, and the players themselves. For the average citizen, we can’t afford a ticket to the games as it is now.