I think everyone knows I'm a little bit of a socialist, or at least I have leftist leaning ideas. I don't think I need to go into the facts that I side with the OWS people. I want to draw attention to one case where, I feel, really illustrates why the 1% suck, need to be taxed more, and need to shut the fuck up.
So, if you have noticed, there's no NBA season. There's a lockout where the players and owners can't come together on a collective bargaining agreement. The issue at hand is the question of profit sharing of $2 billion. The players association wants a 52:48 split of this profit, while the owners are asking for a 50:50. Granted 2% of $2 billion is A LOT of money, $80 million to be exact, and I understand why the players would want this. There has been a rift between the players, some of whom are willing to accept 50:50, but the superstars are not. Many see this as another case of billionaires arguing with millionaires and both of them suck. But look at it this way: The average NBA player has a paying is high, no doubt about it, but it's still around $300,000, compared to the highest paid player, Kevin Garnett, at $27 million. For most of the average bench or role players, their salaries probably mean a lot to them. They don't have endorsement deals, they don't have huge savings, they don't have the luxury to not play the game. So, cutting 52% profit to 50% is understandable to them. At least they can get paid again. Yet, the top 1%, the superstars that make more money from endorsement deals and selling out are blocking this because that 2% difference will probably go more to them than anyone else. That's greed. That's putting your greed well ahead of the general benefit of everyone else, whom the greedy call "teammates" and "brothers".
I'm not trying to say somehow that even the lowest paid NBA player is somehow the 99% and is the blue collared working man. What I am saying is that, the top earners, regardless of profession, have a tendency to screw everyone over, for a small gain in their own bank accounts.
I hope there is an NBA season, mainly because I want to see LeBron fail, over and over and over. More so, I hope the kids that aren't making millions in supplemental income from Sprite, or jersey sales, or Nike, get back to playing basketball and getting paid. LeBron is still making money selling Miami jerseys, but I'm pretty sure the Branden Haywood's, the Eddie House's, aren't making money whilr sitting at home during the lockout. They aren't the 99%, but they are equally getting screwed over from by the 1%.
Just a thought....
So, if you have noticed, there's no NBA season. There's a lockout where the players and owners can't come together on a collective bargaining agreement. The issue at hand is the question of profit sharing of $2 billion. The players association wants a 52:48 split of this profit, while the owners are asking for a 50:50. Granted 2% of $2 billion is A LOT of money, $80 million to be exact, and I understand why the players would want this. There has been a rift between the players, some of whom are willing to accept 50:50, but the superstars are not. Many see this as another case of billionaires arguing with millionaires and both of them suck. But look at it this way: The average NBA player has a paying is high, no doubt about it, but it's still around $300,000, compared to the highest paid player, Kevin Garnett, at $27 million. For most of the average bench or role players, their salaries probably mean a lot to them. They don't have endorsement deals, they don't have huge savings, they don't have the luxury to not play the game. So, cutting 52% profit to 50% is understandable to them. At least they can get paid again. Yet, the top 1%, the superstars that make more money from endorsement deals and selling out are blocking this because that 2% difference will probably go more to them than anyone else. That's greed. That's putting your greed well ahead of the general benefit of everyone else, whom the greedy call "teammates" and "brothers".
I'm not trying to say somehow that even the lowest paid NBA player is somehow the 99% and is the blue collared working man. What I am saying is that, the top earners, regardless of profession, have a tendency to screw everyone over, for a small gain in their own bank accounts.
I hope there is an NBA season, mainly because I want to see LeBron fail, over and over and over. More so, I hope the kids that aren't making millions in supplemental income from Sprite, or jersey sales, or Nike, get back to playing basketball and getting paid. LeBron is still making money selling Miami jerseys, but I'm pretty sure the Branden Haywood's, the Eddie House's, aren't making money whilr sitting at home during the lockout. They aren't the 99%, but they are equally getting screwed over from by the 1%.
Just a thought....
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