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Millionaire Salaries and Perks

Nobody from my hey-day good enough to play in today's NBA That's what they all say I say that's because now it's 'all work' a 'day-at-the-office' mentality, like a clerk but with multi-millionaire salaries and perks based on individual stats, instead of unselfish teamwork Time to pay a small fortune to see a Chicago Bulls victory Five tall, newly wealthy men Running around a court in $10,000 shirts shoes and shorts ______________________________________________ NBA stands for National Basketball Association, America's top professional league. The Chicago Bulls are one of the teams in the league. The average player's salary today is in the neighborhood of $6.5 million per year. In the early 1960's the average salary was about $15,000 annually.

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Rico Leffanta

Date: 2/9/2021 11:44:00 AM

Imagine what a stretch Goose Reese Tatum would have had with $6.5 million p.a.! Aloha! Rico

Gershon Wolf
Date: 2/9/2021 5:51:00 PM

Goose would have been laying some 'golden eggs.' ~ Hey, hey! :) gw

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 2/8/2021 9:16:00 PM

I have to say that I too am a bit shocked by the inequality in the pay range between people who service and help people and the zillionaires who entertain. Well penned!

Gershon Wolf
Date: 2/9/2021 5:50:00 PM

Yes, indeed. And remember that $6.5 million is just the average salary. There are lots of players making over $15 million a year to bounce a round ball. It wasn't always so though, as now you know... Same thing in baseball, although there I think the average is more like $9 million a year; there again, it wasn't always so... ~ gw