Exactly. We pay someone who can throw, catch, pass, shoot, hit, act, perform, entertain us.....$25+ million a year, yet we pay $35 thousand a year to people who teach, protect, save us, rescue us....WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?!?!?! Our culture is so azz backwards.
Don't get me wrong, I love watching my Saints, but the salaries are way out of control. It's still a GAME! Chess, checkers, Tetris, are games. Should we pay the people who play these games millions of dollars also?
Average Salary in the U.S. Average Salary in the U.S. (2022) $53,490 per year According to the latest data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the annual mean wage for a full-time wage or salary worker in the United States is $53,490 per year or $1,028 per week (for a 40-hour work week). Let's bump that up to $100,000 per year for sake of argument. Multiply that times 55 years work expectancy = $5,500,000 earnings life time.
The average length of a player's career in the National Football League (NFL) is relatively short, with the average career lasting around 3.3 years. The league is considered one of the most physically demanding sports leagues in the world, with players regularly exposed to hard hits and collisions. This leads to a high risk of injury, and many players are forced to retire early or miss significant time due to injuries. Taking this into consideration, a player should earn $5.5 million after 4 years. Players who last longer should get paid more accordingly. That should be the standard for all sports. Just my opinion. Oh, and they should get health insurance for life after they have completed 5 years of the NFL as a bonus.