Victor, EVERYONE has heard this story.
Bite me, I'm old. It's what we old people do, we tell stories over and over and over again - WITH, the same vim and victor, er, vigor, each, and every time.
Babe Ruth's pay raise in 1930 put his annual salary at a record $80,000. Astonished "yeah but" sport's writers pointed out "How do you feel about making more than the President of the United States makes? (Herbert Hoover, then making $75,000 per year).. "Well, I had a better year than he did."
Rich man, poor man. Scratch that. Rich man, poor woman. Women in professional athletics, in comparison to male professional athletes - way behind the 8 ball in pay. Caitlin Clark. Heard'a her? Uh huh, me too. THE #1 draft choice in the WNBA, had a salary of $76,535 this year.
Zaccharie Risacher. Heard'a him? Me neither, I truthfully don't pay too much attention to the NBA draft. Anyways, he was the #1 draft choice, signed a four year rookie contract that would make his first year's salary $10.5 million. Gulp. That's alotta money, that's a lotta disparity.
Touchy subject for those on both sides'a the fence. Thankfully, as least I am thankful, strides are being made. Tennis was the first sport to guarantee equal prize money for major tournaments. Leading countries Norway and the US have made progress in closing in on equal pay for National Soccer teams in international games.
Players in the NBA, NHL and NFL have bargained for obtaining roughly fitty percent of all revenue (tickets, TV, jersey sales, that stuff) going to players. The WNBA, under a present Collective Bargain Agreement make 9.3% of all revenue. Smartly, me thinks, the players are opting outta that agreement which ends Halloween this year. Stay tuned to a potential lockout, work stoppage if the sides can't come to an agrement.
Victor, this ain't your normal blog. I know. I really have trouble being normal.
Turning the male/female corner........... Hearda Hank Greenberg? I'm old, I have. I Googled "first pro athlete to make $100,000" and it was he. 1947, he had a dispute over dough with his team the Detroit Tigers. They wouldn't pay what he wanted, so, he decided to retire. Then, Detroit sold his contract to the Pirates, they offered the record $100,000 a year, "YEP, I'll play."
Bored, I Googled more. I wondered what The Mick's highest contract was... A hunnerd thousand in 1963 and he never ever asked for another raise. Hey, to me, that's a lot! Back in dinosaur days, my first teaching/coaching contract (1978) was $9,800 annually and I was DELIGHTED.
The NFL is considered THE RICHEST SPORT, generating billions annually through broadcasting rights, sponsorships, and other revenue streams........... BUT........
Wir wollen mehr.... Queremos mais.. Nosotras queremos mas..... That's WE WANT MORE, as they are attempting to garner International expansion by playing games in Brazil, German, Spain, England, Canada, yada.
Before this blog returns to it's normal, mundance crap............ I'll defer to Bobby Bonilla.
Who?
Bobby Bonilla.
Oh, thanks.
Who the hell is he?
Well, he's a retired former Major Leauge Baseball player who has his own day. HUH? Yeah, it's July 1st, they call it Bobby Bonilla Day. How come? Bobby's agent, way back when, concocted, got the Mets to agree to a deferred payment structure. Bobby retired in 2011, but, his contract calls for, and the Mets are obligated to pay Bobby, $1.19 MILLION every July 1st THROUGH 2035.
"One, two, three, four, One, two (one, two, three, four), Let me tell you how it will be, There's one for you, nineteen for me, Cause I'm the taxman, Yeah, I'm the taxman." The Beatles, George Harrison, 1966.
Have a wonderful tax day,
Love, Victurd
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