Most overpaid sports?

Most overpaid sports?

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sidicks

25,218 posts

220 months

Tuesday 29th September 2015
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Centurion07 said:
Haggleburyfinius said:
This is a stupid thread.

OP, you're an idiot.
Says the man who hasn't pointed out WHY.

You can jog on too, bellend. smile
It's already been explained to you - there's much more to what a sportsman is 'worth' than 'risk' and 'time on the pitch', but you don't seem to be understand that!

What other professions have wages linked solely to risk of injury and time at work? None!! Why should sportsman be any different?

Edited by sidicks on Tuesday 29th September 06:35

Centurion07

Original Poster:

10,381 posts

246 months

Tuesday 29th September 2015
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I'll try and spell it out for you:

I never said sportspeople are paid based solely on those factors, I asked you to come up with a sport that is overpaid BASED ON THOSE FACTORS.

The original question mentioned risk, earning potential and skill. YOU keep trying to throw other factors into the mix that were neither mentioned nor have any bearing on the ones that were.

Market worth does not affect the time a baseball player spends actually playing baseball so, in the context of the question is irrelevant.

Edited by Centurion07 on Tuesday 29th September 08:21

sidicks

25,218 posts

220 months

Tuesday 29th September 2015
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Centurion07 said:
I'll try and spell it out for you:

I never said sportspeople are paid based solely on those factors, I asked you to come up with a sport that is overpaid BASED ON THOSE FACTORS.
I'm sure plenty of sports fall under that category, but that's a meaningless analysis, so I'm not going to waste my time!

Once you're done, perhaps you can spend some time thinking about which sports are overpaid based on the cost of the uniforms they wear or the average weight of the participants.

That would be equally meaningless.

Centurion07

Original Poster:

10,381 posts

246 months

Tuesday 29th September 2015
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You are an idiot. There's no other way to put it. I'm done.

Yiliterate

3,786 posts

205 months

Tuesday 29th September 2015
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sidicks said:
Once you're done, perhaps you can spend some time thinking about which sports are overpaid based on the cost of the uniforms they wear or the average weight of the participants.
Way back in the mists of time on this thread, I nominated Sumo wrestlers. They generally weigh 300-400lbs and wear nappies. In respect of your proposal, are we considering that to be a good thing or a bad thing...?!

sidicks

25,218 posts

220 months

Tuesday 29th September 2015
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Centurion07 said:
You are an idiot. There's no other way to put it. I'm done.
Feel free to create a meaningless thread, just don't be surprised when other people point out how meaningless it is!
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sidicks

25,218 posts

220 months

Tuesday 29th September 2015
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Yiliterate said:
Way back in the mists of time on this thread, I nominated Sumo wrestlers. They generally weigh 300-400lbs and wear nappies. In respect of your proposal, are we considering that to be a good thing or a bad thing...?!
In the theme of the original thread - it's up to you, one is as meaningless as the other (which seems to be the point!)

Cheib

23,112 posts

174 months

Tuesday 29th September 2015
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Not saying it is de facto the most overpaid sport but I really struggle to think of any other sportsman who has earnt more in relationship to his effort than John Daly. He estimates he lost $55mil gambling so let's round up his earnings to $60mil....

Not sure anyone else gets close....he's been pretty honest with how much effort he put in during his career.

Golf if you get to the top has to be right up there but if you are not in the top of the top it's a fking expensive sport to pursue....I remember stories about Ian Wossnam living in a VW camper van such were the riches he enjoyed in his early days on the European Tour.

sidicks

25,218 posts

220 months

Tuesday 29th September 2015
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Cheib said:
Not saying it is de facto the most overpaid sport but I really struggle to think of any other sportsman who has earnt more in relationship to his effort than John Daly. He estimates he lost $55mil gambling so let's round up his earnings to $60mil....

Not sure anyone else gets close....he's been pretty honest with how much effort he put in during his career.

Golf if you get to the top has to be right up there but if you are not in the top of the top it's a fking expensive sport to pursue....I remember stories about Ian Wossnam living in a VW camper van such were the riches he enjoyed in his early days on the European Tour.
He won 2 of golf's 4 major tournaments, as well as plenty of others.

BJG1

5,966 posts

211 months

Tuesday 29th September 2015
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sidicks said:
BJG1 said:
Well, you also have to look at the power of labour, which is much higher in football than other industries. Premier League clubs spend 60% or more of their total turnover on wages, not many industries do that!
That's the whole point - it's the power of the market at work. Clubs could only afford to do this due to the demand from supporters.
Look, everyone knows that it's how markets work mate and we know the skills of an NFL player aren't transferable to the MLB. That's not the point of the thread though, and you're being a nob just piping up with "well it's the markets". Nobody cares, if you think the thread is stupid then don't post in it. Unless you're hugely autistic the OP's intention is clear.

epom

11,398 posts

160 months

Tuesday 29th September 2015
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Saw something recently about 22 year old Jordan Speith earning $30mil in the last year.

GTO-3R

7,458 posts

212 months

Wednesday 30th September 2015
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Doesn't Lewis Hamilton earn something like 650k a week? For 19 races a year at roughly 1hr 45mins each? I'd say he's by far the best paid athlete on the planet per time spent doing your job.

Everyone jumps on the footballer wage bandwagon but in actual fact the vast majority earn nowhere near as much as the top earners in football.

London424

12,826 posts

174 months

Friday 2nd October 2015
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Centurion07 said:
Blib said:
AdamIndy said:
Surely it has to be football.
Nope. See above.
Highest paid baseball player in 2013 made over £367,000 a week. Over 52 weeks.

If you want to divide his $29,000,000 by the minutes he played.....it works out at £23,500 per game, and when I say per game that's my estimate of 5 minutes per game.

£23,500 for every 5 minutes playing a game that involves nothing more than the threat of bruise from a stray ball every once in a while. rofl
I think you might be underestimating how difficult it is to play baseball.

sidicks

25,218 posts

220 months

Saturday 3rd October 2015
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London424 said:
I think you might be underestimating how difficult it is to play baseball.
Apparently that's irrelevant - this nonsense of a thread is purely about wages per hour!

Leroy902

1,539 posts

102 months

Saturday 3rd October 2015
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Considering fernando and Sebastian earn more, I'd say no smile

GTO-3R said:
Doesn't Lewis Hamilton earn something like 650k a week? For 19 races a year at roughly 1hr 45mins each? I'd say he's by far the best paid athlete on the planet per time spent doing your job.

Everyone jumps on the footballer wage bandwagon but in actual fact the vast majority earn nowhere near as much as the top earners in football.

Leroy902

1,539 posts

102 months

Saturday 3rd October 2015
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I'd have to agree with most on this thread and say 'modern day' footballers.


johnfm

13,668 posts

249 months

Saturday 3rd October 2015
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Centurion07 said:
sidicks said:
The market decides what a sportsman is worth
If two sports are identical in all ways except one takes 5 minutes and the other takes 3 hours, which one is overpaid compared to the other?
Neither - because what a sportsman is paid is not related to hour long they participate.

To be honest, the whole premise of the thread is daft and the OP doesn't seem to have a clue about ether sport nor economics.

johnfm

13,668 posts

249 months

Saturday 3rd October 2015
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Centurion07 said:
I'm embarrassed I've bothered to engage a troll for this long.

You're either a troll or the thickest person on this site. Take your pick. rolleyes
Mate, when you're not sure who the stupid person in the room is - it is because it is you.


johnfm

13,668 posts

249 months

Saturday 3rd October 2015
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Centurion07 said:
You are an idiot. There's no other way to put it. I'm done.
I'll type this really slowly for you so you can keep up...you are asking a flawed question. Your use of the term 'overpaid' is the flaw.

You don't seem to get that they're not 'overpaid' - they're all paid 'market rate'.

I'm oot.

gizlaroc

17,251 posts

223 months

Sunday 4th October 2015
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johnfm said:
I'll type this really slowly for you so you can keep up...you are asking a flawed question. Your use of the term 'overpaid' is the flaw.

You don't seem to get that they're not 'overpaid'
I agree, the question should have read....


Who gets paid the most for doing the least....

Considering the following factors:

Time spent doing the actual thing they get paid for (so visiting sick kids in hospitals doesn't count)

Risks faced




By putting overpaid and skilled in it you made it a nonsense question.