I’m in a real predicament here. I don’t watch any sports, never really have and I have unpopular opinions about the pay scale of professional athletes.
I really don’t know how other sports work, I only know a tad about hockey. I know that they are paid ridiculous amounts of money to skate around on the ice, fight and try to score goals. I know that people with “real” jobs are getting paid one sixteenth of a NHL player’s salary. People who are fighting for freedom, risking their lives, saving lives etc.
It’s very unfair and it’s hard to fathom. I mean yes okay, these professional athletes are skilled at what they do. They have dedicated their lives to their sport. Big whoopty-do. I do not agree they should be getting paid MILLIONS to do it.
The social worker who saved someone from ending their life and helped them find a path to holistic health has also honed their skills and dedicated their life to what they believe is important.
I realize it’s probably never going to change and it would be as pointless to complain about as it is to whine about paying taxes. It just is the way it is.
I would hope that these athletes are charitable with their earnings as, particularly in Canada, social problems are in everybody’s backyard. It’s really unfair that there are Indigenous people living on reserves in conditions similar to third world countries, under boil water advisories, yet we have NHL franchises paying out billions to their teams to “play a game”.
So to answer the question, I would respect only the professional athletes who use their powers for good and not evil. There better be some serious philanthropy going on.
To me, it’s similar to the Hollywood culture, and I have no use for that either.
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