Gershon Wolf Poet Rhyme

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



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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 February 9, 2021 at 11:44 AM Imagine what a stretch Goose Reese Tatum would have had with $6.5 million p.a.! Aloha! Rico Gershon Wolf February 9, 2021 at 5:51 PM Goose would have been laying some 'golden eggs.' ~ Hey, hey! :) gw

Caren Krutsinger February 8, 2021 at 9:16 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 February 9, 2021 at 5:50 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