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02-19-2020, 06:14 AM | #21 |
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This being made out to be way more than it is. If a player gets traded, that's part of the business. He knows that when he signs his contract, if he doesn't have a full no trade clause than the possibility exists he could get traded.
So what? We're supposed to show compassion and empathize with them because they have to move? I have no more empathy for an athlete who has to move than a guy down the street who I might wave good morning to occasionally. If he has to move because of his job, I wish him the best, but I'm not getting all googly eyed because of his situation. It's life. I spent 30 years in the Forces, moved 11 times, had to leave my family behind for a few months on 4 of those moves. Never once asked for sympathy, don't want any. My wife and I knew what I was signing up for and accepted it. I didn't sign up, then start crying and whining because I had to move to another part of the country. I also didn't have a multi million dollar salary either, I did it on under $100K a year. And I'm supposed to empathize with an athlete when they get traded? Sure, I feel your pain. Now pack your bags and get to work "earning" your paycheck. If you don't want to get traded or cut, if you feel it will be too much of a burden for you and your family then choose another line of work. I heard McDonalds doesn't trade their employees, try applying there. After all, there's millions, perhaps billions, who would gladly take the athletes job and the few career moves that might come with it. Last edited by Bluenoser; 02-19-2020 at 06:22 AM. |
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So as long as they have money you can't empathize with them? At what salary does a human being begin to lose his sympathy card?
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There seems to be, as there so often if, as much, or more, crying and whining coming from people complaining about people "crying and whining" than there is coming from the people they are crying and whining about. |
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It'd be enlightening to see how much the "quit whining" crowd "whines" about their own lives |
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I'm making an appropriate sized deal about it in response to the "they make millions they should shut up and be grateful" crowd |
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02-19-2020, 08:16 AM | #27 |
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You don't have enough human in you to feel just a tiny bit for their kids that are getting uprooted to new cities? Sad.
But not surprising given sports fans are generally some of the most miserable, salty people there are. When your personal pride is derived from somebody who doesn't know you exist hitting or throwing a ball well then you don't have too much going on. Just as long as they are wearing the right clothes! Last edited by dkgo; 02-19-2020 at 08:19 AM. |
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Ya I do have empathy, read my 1st post, 3rd sentence.
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Sorry to have started the thread and then disappeared, things got a bit crazy yesterday!
I did not mean that anyone should feel sorry for the "poor, poor players". I simply meant that sometimes we forget that these are real people. As for "knowing the risks when they took the job", this is certainly true and I understand that many other professions involve risk. My current job does not put me at much physical risk, but I worked construction for several years and was close enough to a number of dangerous situations to last me for a while. I will point out that it is very rare, however, for someone to come up with safer gear or techniques for firemen or soldiers and have people complain that they should be putting dresses on them or that they are taking the fun out of firefighting or front line duty. I was not intending the post as "you uncaring jerks", and I am not immune to the tendency to think first of the impact on my team before the impact on the person. When I read about Tim Weah's recent injury, my first thought was about him being unavailable for US Soccer Olympic qualifying, before I thought of him personally, but do tend to think more about the person now than I used to.
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This should tamper down the acrimony, I think.
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I don't think people knows the risk when they take the job by itself is sufficient excuse to ignore work-related issues. We have work safety regulations because we believe there needs to be some baselines.
Actually it's pretty rare for people to know what they are getting into when they first got a job. Most of the time, people just follow what others did around them and mimic others for adjustment. And when surprise suffering comes, they are expected to suck it up, because many before them did. This applies to every job, and we have regulations on things that we really don't want the workers to just suck it up. With pro athletes, I think it's reasonable and beneficial to all to ensure there are some league/team structures to deal with issues like the ones listed above, as opposed to just expect the high salary to fix things automatically. Money can solve issues yes, but players may not know how to use money to solve issues and may even get scammed.
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I know. But I get paid 30 dollars an hour to be a toll collector with very little traffic. I pretty much watch You Tube all day every day from 6am to 2pm. I handle about 200 vehicles a day. I have no complaints. I love my job. |
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But ask yourself this. If I said I made a million or two a year collecting tolls, would you really care that much if I was sent to a busier place? |
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IMO, I think that attitude is emblematic of current society's greatest handicap. The inability & the unwillingness to feel empathy. Thus, people are unable to come to any agreement or compromise. A polarized world where people are more likely to take sides to divide instead of steps to unify. Because we refuse to hear, feel, or understand what each other is going thru. Quote:
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Would I realize that not every toll collector makes a million or two dollars a year? Yeah Would I realize that working some locations might suck, or you might be working much farther from home, or in unbearable heat or cold? Yes. Also, did everyone hear that Madison Bumgarner also participates in rodeo? I don't care, but some people seem to think this is super funny or interesting. |
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