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How Athletes Can Boost the EconomyBy Rob Trahan(12,255)   Posted Monday, February 04, 2008 View All Blog Posts submitted by Rob Trahan To combat the slowing economy, have every professional athlete give one paycheck to a family middle class or below. Throw in head coaches, too. I know, some families would get more than others. But even the ones who are matched up with league-minimum guys would still end up with a pretty nice prize. Consider this. Recently acquired Mets pitcher Johan Santana just received a contract extension that averages to roughly $23 million a year. If he gets paid weekly throughout the season, that comes to just under $767,000 a check. Shoot, you could split that 100 ways and still end up giving out almost $8000 to 100 families. Young guys in most professional leagues generally make around $500,000. One week's check in baseball is $16,667. One game check in football is $31,250. You can't convince me that even the low guys on the totem pole couldn't spare a little to help out his fellow American. So how about it? We give to our athletes. It's time for them to give back! This Blog Post has been read 1,568 times. Posted to ProBlogs.com on Monday, February 04, 2008 View other posts by Rob Trahan Comments on this blog post: Comment by Danny Davids(13,042)  (99 days 9 hours ago.)
I don't know about an apostrophe, but my guess is the sports stars would end up with a serious colon problem if they actually did that...! Leave a Public Comment or Question: Has The All Star Game Seen Better Days? NPPL San Diego Cup - Dynasty Wins! - Inronmen Wins Kansas City 1 on 1's Tennis - a good way to relieve stress Sports Week in Review Duke Lacrosse Players Going Back to the Courtroom Today's Sports Quick Hits Sports Week in Review |
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