RE: Those nasty owners picking on those poor players....

["Noah P. Evans" <ishbak@conknet.com>]

> First: Why do you keep bringing up these supposedly crippled
> ex-athletes?  Have you ever seen someone crippled from a career digging
> ditches or mining coal for 1/100th of what athletes make?  It's got
> nothing to do with what their market value is.

Injustice is injustice whereever it is.


> Second:  Have you ever seen a player lose money by playing basketball?
> Whether it's 50% or 5% of them, some of the owners do lose money.  No
> players do.

Yeah but it's the owners fault if they do. Nobody forced them to sign player
contracts for as much as they do. If an owner loses money it's because of
their own stupidity.

> Third:  If this wonderful cooperative, player owned league of yours ever
> comes to fruition, you can bet there will be just as much
> money-grubbing, in-fighting, petty squabbling as there is now.

Yes but the pie will be smaller. Ideally it would work like as Sam's Club or
any other direct service or merchandise provider. By cutting out
unneccessary fat(i.e. owner profits), there would be more to go around(for
fan's and players).

>  How much
> better would it be if Antoine was having this 'respect' discussion with
> his teammates, instead of an owner.

Because however much "respect" he got would correlate with the team
performance(i.e. better team=more profits="respect" for antoine's
pocketbook).

>
> Fourth: Why should they ever want to start their own league?  The
> players, even average ones, can become multi-millionaires right now with
> absolutely no financial risk to themselves.  If they take over the
> league, they will also assume the risk.

Yes, exactly. They would also get *all* of the profits. However much they
got would correlate exactly with how well they performed.

Noah