Lakers give Jarred Vanderbilt 4-year extension

[JimmyBlue1972]

You are a joke, you know nothing about me and to say I am all about Socialism is completely laughable based on my life

You are, you just don’t know it. You seem to be a mindless sheep’s repeating talking points you’re given when you don’t really believe them. You believe certain people make too much money, not me.

 

[KYCAT78]

You are, you just don’t know it. You seem to be a mindless sheep’s repeating talking points you’re given when you don’t really believe them. You believe certain people make too much money, not me.

Pretty easy to see you are a person with low intelligence.

 

[JimmyBlue1972]

Pretty easy to see you are a person with low intelligence.

Pretty easy to see that you’re crying about how much money people make in a sport that you don’t even watch make. Yeah, you’re clearly a genius and not a bitter crybaby loser.

I bet on top of making too much money they also have too much fun. Someone should put a stop to this. What a complete clown you are.

 

[kybassfan]

Depends on what you bring to table and risk. Eventually the market will determine if sporting events are worth the high percentage of discretionary income for a family. Disney is starting to see the effects now. I used to love to attend sporting events in person but as I aged the hassle, time and cost sent me to flat screen.

LOL, yeah, flat screens are a definite disruptor.

Disney is a good case to consider. Entertainment is pretty elastic in pricing. However it suffers when discretionary funds are short, only to revive again when those funds return. The market has proven time and again that that the financial stakes for entertainment are massively high, as noted by these salaries. One caveat and that is where the business leadership lacks the wisdom to evade polarizing politics. In that case Disney took a dump in the cash drawer.

 

[UKBB4Ever]

I loved JV here and wished we could have seen a healthy JV here.

He played as hard as any player we have had.

 

[Mike-D]

yes, athletes get paid waaaay too much. but if the franchise owners didn't pay the athletes these insane contracts, they'd just be keeping all of the money. somebody is gonna make it. if you want it to stop, stop attending games, stop watching tv, and stop buying merchandise.

 

[Mike-D]

I loved JV here and wished we could have seen a healthy JV here.

He played as hard as any player we have had.

I know you're a big booster, and travel with the team. How was Drake's house? Got any good Vanderbilt stories?

 

[BGCATFAN2012]

LakeShow baby... training camp and preseason 11days away.

 

[UK1576]

Awesome! Make that money!

 

[kybloo92]

Good for Vanderbilt. Keeps steadily improving and still only 24 years old.

 

[LowerLevelSeatA]

If people stopped supporting that crap, then ticket prices would fall and so would these very ridiculous player salaries. But people are stupid.

Exactly, some people want to put a limit on how much people make. I guess we need to put a limit on how much people spend.

 

[jockstrap_mcgee]

Good for JV.
He’ll be able to buy a nice spread in LA, and then watch it double in value in 10 years while still paying the same property taxes of the original sale.

 

[Jmeeks54thebest]

As a capitalist myself I do find it ridiculous that these guys make as much as they do while fire fighters, teachers, police, etc make pennies when you compare them.

But it beats the socks off of socialism

 

[csrupp]

Well the players just get half of revenue, they don't determine what revenue is. You should be mad at the billionaire owners and media moguls, they're making millions upon millions themselves and aren't even the ones playing the game. They could cut prices and reduce ads to improve the fan experience, and the athletes then wouldn't make so much. But they want to sit back and watch their bank accounts grow and grow.

Why be mad at either? The fans ultimately determine the prices.

 

[bbncal02]

As a capitalist myself I do find it ridiculous to that these guys make as much as they do while fire fighters, teachers, police, etc make pennies when you compare them.

But it beats the socks off of socialism

This. Capitalism at its roots is the way to go. Encourages competition. The problem we've seemingly run into is we've got businesses that don't invest back into their businesses/employees or communities. Wages have stagnated, prices have soared, but so have profits.

Socialism absolutely bites and we don't need it. But we've got to have some kind of reinvestment back into America or it's going to get worse. We seem to be placing emphasis on the wrong syl-LA-ble

 

[natchezrule]

Griping about someone else making money is absolute LOSER thinking.

I’m griping and you are a loser