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Originally Posted by FRPLG

That's not how sports works. You can't compare the two because they are in no way the same. In your example you could simply quit and be done with it. Of course then you'd need another job so maybe you wouldn't quit in the first place. Come to think of it I think it is awful petty to compare your salary with someone else's. What matters is whether you are being fairly compensated relative to the market...not just your own office. In sports there is not a free and open market like in the real marketplace. When you sign a professional sports contract you are signing for what you are worth exactly at the time you signed it. When Brunell signed his contract the Skins thought he was worth it(who the hell knows why but that it another matter). I doubt there are many players who look at Brunell's contract and say to themselves that the Skins must value him more since he is being paid more. They all understand the fact that guys sign big contracts and sometimes it doesn't work out. What they are doing is comparing themsleves to the market and evaluating whether they are being paid fair in the regard. And I gurantee you these players are not wanting Brunell to take a pay cut since that sets a precendent that they themselves could be on the wrong side of down the road. They want everyone getting money. The more everyone gets paid the more they end up getting paid. High salaries beget high salaries...not the other way around.

Great post! I wish more people understood it the way you do