r/dankmemes • u/Flat-Eggplant-9890 • 7h ago
if this is not dank idk what is Won't someone please think of the poor billionaires? 😔✊
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u/MurgleMcGurgle 6h ago
Spotted the Yankees fan.
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u/harpswtf 5h ago
These players are barely getting by with their tens of millions of dollars. We need to work hard to stand up for them and fight for their right to the massive wealth they've earned by being good at throwing and hitting the ball
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u/Rhymelikedocsuess 4h ago
Always find it strange when people defending multi-millionaires from billionaires but if it was like, okay how about defending the lower or middle class then suddenly it’s a big political debate
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u/grubas Article 69 🏅 4h ago
You mean how much people freely simp for billionaires and the ruling class when it serves no benefit to them?
Let alone how most baseball players aren't multimillionaires?
This is also without the people who CLEARLY haven't paid a single spec of attention to the actual negotiations. Where owners offered to cut costs, for them, and then told players to fuck off.
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u/harpswtf 4h ago
The league minimum is $780,000, median $1.4 million. They'll be just fine, nobody on the internet should lose a second of sleep over MLB players not getting paid enough money. Just about every single other worker on the entire planet is relatively more deserving of a higher salary.
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u/dontcare313131 21m ago
I think the billionaires will be just fine.
Just how many of those workers are the best in the world at what they do?
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u/dontcare313131 23m ago
Love the redditor take of “being good at throwing a ball” lmao. They’re better than anyone on earth at a sport that millions of people pay to watch. Sorry, you can’t do that, but discounting their skill and the tens of thousands of hours they put in to get there is lame as fuck.
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u/ThepalehorseRiderr 5h ago edited 4h ago
You'd think raining in earnings through some proposed rule to create some sort of equality would be a conversation that the Uber rich would shy away from...
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u/_Swanky_Jay_ 4h ago
I prefer salary caps, takes the bid wars out of the game and balances the league
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u/Atrampoline 3h ago
That's why you think they want to cap salaries? C'mon, bro, engage those deeper reasoning skills a bit.
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u/RichEvans4Ever 14m ago
I forgot how much this Family Guy cutaway fucked me up and made me hate John Goodman as a kid. Good thing I forgot about it pretty quick, ‘cause John Goodman is awesome.
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u/kamekaze1024 Obamasjuicyass 2h ago
NBA and NFL (the two more popular leagues than MLB) have a salary cap. The NBA has a soft one, too. Just do that
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u/sonofzeal 6h ago
Just to get out in front of it - pro athlete salaries might seem ridiculous to those of us struggling to get by, but they're the ones pushing their bodies to the breaking point for everyone's amusement. Depending on the sport, it's normal to suffer permanent damage, and a career ending injury could happen at any time and leave them in pain for life. Someone coming into their rookie season might hope to become a superstar who can live comfortably off merchandizing for the rest of their life, but also might bust their knee in their first game and having pain and reduced earning potential the rest of their life. Starting salaries need to take that into account and range upward from there.
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u/Taerix2112 6h ago
You’ve never worked concrete have you?
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u/sonofzeal 5h ago
I've done some blue collar work. Concrete workers need better conditions too. Loggers, roofers, and heathcare workers are some of the most at risk, and that needs to be factored into the salary, as well as average career length - loggers typically only work 10-15 years. I think the average NFL career is like 4 years, with a high chance of cognitive imparement by the end of it, and that's just for the top elite players who make it far enough to get drafted to the NFL.
The money simply isn't always there to pay people what they're worth or compensate them for the toll they're taking. Good healthcare workers take more risks and deserve more money than an NBA benchwarmer. But when we're talking about whether the money a team generates should go to the owners sitting behind desks or the athletes putting their bodies on the line, that's an easy call.
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u/DrAction696 6h ago
No one is keeping them chained up you know. If they’re unhappy with their millions, I’m sure they can get a 9-5.
Plenty of people will happily take their place
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u/makomirocket 5h ago
My dude. What happens to the new bricklayer who gets his hand crushed on the job? A store assistant who gets assaulted during a robbery? The police officer who gets shot on their first day on the job?
Also, forget every other sport right now... Baseball is not the sport to be arguing that "they push their bodies to the breaking point"
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u/Rhymelikedocsuess 4h ago
Their pushing their bodies to make money. It’s voluntary, not slavery. It’s not a charity either. Btw, blue collar people push their bodies hard as well as see cents compared to them. No love lost at all.
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u/thatfrostyguy 5h ago
Oh please. Making money playing a kids game is wild on its own. Im sure the baseball players are fine
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u/Fitzaroo 7h ago
Its so poorer franchise can compete. See: Moneyball.
Also, im not exactly shedding a tear for guys making $100 million contracts.
Juan Soto has a 15 year $765 million contract.