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In reply to the discussion: Why I don't watch professional football [View all]KamaAina
(78,249 posts)39. Wouldn't it be tragic if things kept happening at the Vegas stadium construction site?
And the damn thing never got built?
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the average salary for an NBA player is around $5 million. For the NFL its around $2 million
onenote
Jan 2017
#21
I don't mind the players geting paid, but I agree with you about taxpayers subsidizing the owners
fishwax
Jan 2017
#9
I think it's fucking stupid to pay grown men millions to put on costumes and play kids' games.
X_Digger
Jan 2017
#14
i do too, but as long as people willingly cough up obscene ticket prices to paythese guys, what are
dionysus
Jan 2017
#32
Wouldn't it be tragic if things kept happening at the Vegas stadium construction site?
KamaAina
Jan 2017
#39
So they want a new stadium? There just happens to be one right down 880 in Santa Clara.
KamaAina
Jan 2017
#61
I laugh when it's the only way that grown adults can bond or converse with each other.
TheBlackAdder
Jan 2017
#31
St Louis County and the state of Missouri offered Stan Kroenke $400 million
The Polack MSgt
Jan 2017
#77
I don't begrudge the players what they make since they make far more for their employers
yurbud
Jan 2017
#78
that stadium business should be a crime. The only time cities should fund it is in exchange for a
yurbud
Jan 2017
#79
While better for the players, free agency and the salary cap pretty much blew it
LanternWaste
Jan 2017
#84