From: p7z092@rick.cs.ubc.ca (Anthony Jang)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: Re: Ronning going to arbitration (wasRe: CANUCK'S
Date: 11 Nov 1992 10:51:10 -0800
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In article <17352@mindlink.bc.ca> Tom_Gowdyk@mindlink.bc.ca (Tom Gowdyk) writes:
>Anyone who thinks a salary of $500,000 per year is embarrassing...can feel
>totally free to embarrass the hell outta me for a similar amount.  Its time
>some of these sports personalities wake up and smell the roses.  Their
>salaries are being paid by the "little guys" like me who make a fraction of
>what they make in a year and have to work longer hours to do it.  Maybe they
>should go out in the real world and see if they can make that kind of money
>out here.  
>
>Tom Gowdyk

Who wouldn't want to be "embarrassed"?  What I was saying is that among
Ronning's peers it would be embarrassing.  Players are entertainers,
would it not be "embarrassing" if Rolling Stones could only get $10 000
for a show?  I agree that player's salaries are too high, but it's reality.
If you were the 3rd best player on the team, then being offered a salary
that would make you the 8th highest *is* embarrassing.

Just my thoughts,
Tony


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In article <17352@mindlink.bc.ca> Tom_Gowdyk@mindlink.bc.ca (Tom Gowdyk) writes:
>Anyone who thinks a salary of $500,000 per year is embarrassing...can feel
>totally free to embarrass the hell outta me for a similar amount.  Its time
>some of these sports personalities wake up and smell the roses.  Their
>salaries are being paid by the "little guys" like me who make a fraction of
>what they make in a year and have to work longer hours to do it.  Maybe they
>should go out in the real world and see if they can make that kind of money
>out here.  I gave up my Canuck season tickets in 1982 when the price rose
>from $400 per seat per season to $500 per seat per season...They are now
>$1800 per seat.  I can't afford it, and I'll settle for watching them on TV
>and listening to the radio.
>
>Heck, it cost me close to $1000 per year to play hockey.
>
>Tom Gowdyk
>
Who wouldn't want to be "embarrassed"?  What I was saying, was that it
is an embarrassing offer among his peers.  Players are entertainers;
would it not be embarrassing if the Rolling Stones made $10 000 for
a 2 hour concert?  If you were the 3rd best player on the team and
management offered you a salary to make you the 8th best, then it *would*
be embarrassing.

Just my thoughts,
Tony
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In article <17352@mindlink.bc.ca> Tom_Gowdyk@mindlink.bc.ca (Tom Gowdyk) writes:
>Anyone who thinks a salary of $500,000 per year is embarrassing...can feel
>totally free to embarrass the hell outta me for a similar amount.  Its time
>some of these sports personalities wake up and smell the roses.  Their
>salaries are being paid by the "little guys" like me who make a fraction of
>what they make in a year and have to work longer hours to do it.  Maybe they
>should go out in the real world and see if they can make that kind of money
>out here.  I gave up my Canuck season tickets in 1982 when the price rose
>from $400 per seat per season to $500 per seat per season...They are now
>$1800 per seat.  I can't afford it, and I'll settle for watching them on TV
>and listening to the radio.
>
>Heck, it cost me close to $1000 per year to play hockey.
>
>Tom Gowdyk
>
Who wouldn't want to be "embarrassed"?  What I was saying is that among
Ronning's peers it would be embarrassing.  Players are entertainers,
would it not be "embarrassing" if Rolling Stones could only get $10 000
for a show?  I agree that player's salaries are too high, but it's reality.
If you were the 3rd best player on the team, then being offered a salary
that would make you the 8th highest *is* embarrassing.

Just my thoughts,
Tony



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