There are a lot of people who destroy their bodies and shorten their lives for less than a multi-million dollar paycheck. I don’t blame the players, I blame the system that leads them to this end. A poor kid who is good at football can pull their entire family out of poverty by taking a few blows to the head. It’s not an individual’s fault for choosing that.
The problem is that it’s easier to be a brain-damaged, ex-player millionaire than a brilliant scientist millionaire. This country shits on intelligence and worships entertainment
Define easier… Being a brilliant scientist (or engineer) will get you comfortably a mid-6-figure job in and research lab. That will make you a millionaire in about a decade if you are responsible with your savings, and there’s tens of thousands of those in the world, maybe hundreds.
Folks who point at football players as proof of what we value miss the mark entirely, you and I have more in common with the football player when it comes to percentage of value they generate vs receive.
…While intentionally shortening their lives and destroying their bodies.
Contact sports! Yay!
There are a lot of people who destroy their bodies and shorten their lives for less than a multi-million dollar paycheck. I don’t blame the players, I blame the system that leads them to this end. A poor kid who is good at football can pull their entire family out of poverty by taking a few blows to the head. It’s not an individual’s fault for choosing that.
The problem is that it’s easier to be a brain-damaged, ex-player millionaire than a brilliant scientist millionaire. This country shits on intelligence and worships entertainment
Define easier… Being a brilliant scientist (or engineer) will get you comfortably a mid-6-figure job in and research lab. That will make you a millionaire in about a decade if you are responsible with your savings, and there’s tens of thousands of those in the world, maybe hundreds.
Folks who point at football players as proof of what we value miss the mark entirely, you and I have more in common with the football player when it comes to percentage of value they generate vs receive.
Brain damage: it’s what children crave!
They may crave brain damage, but what they yearn for is the mines and you know it.