Assuming he averages 525 plate appearances per year, that works out to $68,253.97 per plate appearance!!!!!!!!
I'm happy for the guy, that his field of work is offering this up to him... Have to admit though, it does make me shake my head a bit to see what athletes in major sports, entertainers and similar folks are able to earn compared to teachers, docs (who do well, but if we put a true value on what they do, it's way past anything Mike Trout does on the field), PD, FD, etc. I get it technically... It just makes you shake your head.
As much as I love free enterprise and sports, I agree, it is a bit whacked that a guy who excels at throwing, catching, and hitting a ball can make multiple times what a guy who excels at saving people's lives can make. I guess that shows you what value our society places on entertainment....and who's to say that's wrong?
Matt
No doubt some of the income disparities are the result of basic economics.
Athletes have following all across the country and even across the world. Millions see them on TV.
LE's only deal with their communities and only have 'TV value' if they shoot (rightfully so in most cases) some dirt bag who just happens to be a 'minority.'
I wouldn't take an a-hole like HH as a client even if he was a Billionaire.
OTOH, given what he's shown us here, I doubt if he has $10,000 to his name, let alone $1,000,000,000.
As for Trout, OTOH, I'd have to know more about him and his character and his values.
I'm coming up on my 44th anniversary with my company and am blessed to have all the money I'll ever need.
So at this point, I'm only taking new clients if, and only if, they show immense character and also share my values.
If they have $50K but meet my standards, I'll take them.
If they don't meet my standards, I will not take them regardless of how much money they might have..
Cowboy Ethics. Rule #9.
"Some things are not for sale."
The money I might make is irrelevant to me at this point in my life
I get the "make it if your industry allows it" end of things. It just feels really funky to me that a ball player could make that much. Good for him though! If you can, you may as well.
The only way to make that sentence work grammatically, is to add "AOC" and some words to put it in the future tense.
My sentiments exactly...and more so when they tell you they have to have a new stadium to be "competitive". Last I checked it's the players that hit the ball and run the bases, not the stadium.