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Far-Two8659 t1_iu9ne4h wrote

Reply to comment by Partyslayer in Professional sports has to be one of the few Industries where you KNOW your coworkers make 100 or 200 times as much as you and there's nothing you can do about it. by Partyslayer

You compared what is likely the cheapest premier league player to arguably the greatest player of all time. I'll accept this as true, but to say this is normal or consistent is inaccurate.

Most players make much less than Ronaldo, but not 100 times less.

And your boy Zemura only makes $20k a year? That's wild on its own

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Partyslayer OP t1_iu9qasl wrote

That's fair. However, I did not ever say normal or consistent, per sé, I just said that it happens. And yes, I made more money washing dishes in the United States 15 years ago than that guy makes playing a professional sport. I truly don't know how he pays his bills. His wife must make a bag.

And to be truly honest, I can start breaking down salaries from the National Basketball Association and Major League Baseball that would make your eyebrows rise. Even Cricket. Not sure where you live but in the United States star players or franchise players make obscene amounts of money. I remember an article that I read about a guy (NFL) not being able to afford his football helmet which the team made him pay for.

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