Derrick Rose is an *******.

[Frogs!]

i want to make half as much as what i'm making now.

being called an arsehole hurts.

[heat27]

i want to make half as much as what i'm making now.

being called an arsehole hurts.

lmao...........

[Doorag]

Of course it isn't.

He might as of made a thread calling every athlete and businessman *******s for wanting more money.

Why single out Rose?

He was respectful about his opinion too.

I singled him out because he publicly b1thced about being underpaid. That's right, he b1tched.

[THE REED]

I singled him out because he publicly b1thced about being underpaid. That's right, he b1tched.

Good for him... he should.

[mercadojglb]

Rose is still young and talented of course he wants for money. Some regard him as the best point guard in the league. Were not talking about Jason Kapono wanting millions, jackass.

[Konstantin]

lol TS got owned in his own thread...

[Doorag]

lol TS got owned in his own thread...

I guess i should have bashed Lebron instead huh?

I just think 5.5 million a year is a fine salary for a rookie. Sick of athletes in general.

[THE REED]

I guess i should have bashed Lebron instead huh?

I just think 5.5 million a year is a fine salary for a rookie. Sick of athletes in general.

Rookie?

He's going on his 4th year in the NBA, and is in the top 5 of the best players in the league and gets subsequently the least amount of salary.

He has every right, as a man, to want more money.

[Cuauhtémoc1520]

Arguments like the one the TS made are understandable but short sided. One looks at it from his own point of view, the average Joe so to speak. So if you are making let's say 40K a year, it's hard for you to understand why some basketball player would ask for more money when he is being paid 100K per game already.

The problem with that point of view is that it's not a fair one. To become a professional athlete, whether it be in soccer, basketball, American footbal etc...it takes a ton of natural skill, talent and hard work.

As a matter of fact, it's easier to become a doctor or engineer than to be a pro athlete. Pro athlete's are like .00000001% of the population. There are literally only a few hundred players in the NBA in a planet of 7 billion people and they are generating BILLIONS for the cities and teams they play for.

So that's the real argument, not how much they get paid but how much percentage is a fair one. You can't think of it as "You already make X amount be happy with that" because if it was you and your job you wouldn't think the same thing.

If you were due a raise, or your boss kept on underpaying you, it would force you to ask for a raise or leave and get a new job. The whole thing with the NBA is no different. If you are talented enough to become a pro basketball player (since you think it's so easy because you described it as "bouncing a ball") then try out for an NBA team and see how "easy" it really is.

If you are one of the very few to be included into that club, then guess what...you deserve what is due to you no matter how excessive it may seem to the average Joe like you and me.

It would be like me getting angry at Johnny Depp for being paid 20 million per movie when his movies generate over 100 million each.

Do the ***in math.

[heat27]

Arguments like the one the TS made are understandable but short sided. One looks at it from his own point of view, the average Joe so to speak. So if you are making let's say 40K a year, it's hard for you to understand why some basketball player would ask for more money when he is being paid 100K per game already.

The problem with that point of view is that it's not a fair one. To become a professional athlete, whether it be in soccer, basketball, American footbal etc...it takes a ton of natural skill, talent and hard work.

As a matter of fact, it's easier to become a doctor or engineer than to be a pro athlete. Pro athlete's are like .00000001% of the population. There are literally only a few hundred players in the NBA in a planet of 7 billion people and they are generating BILLIONS for the cities and teams they play for.

So that's the real argument, not how much they get paid but how much percentage is a fair one. You can't think of it as "You already make X amount be happy with that" because if it was you and your job you wouldn't think the same thing.

If you were due a raise, or your boss kept on underpaying you, it would force you to ask for a raise or leave and get a new job. The whole thing with the NBA is no different. If you are talented enough to become a pro basketball player (since you think it's so easy because you described it as "bouncing a ball") then try out for an NBA team and see how "easy" it really is.

If you are one of the very few to be included into that club, then guess what...you deserve what is due to you no matter how excessive it may seem to the average Joe like you and me.

It would be like me getting angry at Johnny Depp for being paid 20 million per movie when his movies generate over 100 million each.

Do the ***in math.

great post....green karma