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Originally Posted by ArtificialBrandon
Yes, yes, I know. I'm just saying--Americans can seem to forgive corrupt embezzlers more readily than corrupt athletes.
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You're right about that. Case in point: Pete Rose. He's probably one of the biggest arsehole's to ever play the sport of baseball but, because of sentamentality, people are still pushing for him to be in the Hall Of Fame. A lot of that, I believe, is due to the fact that professional sports like baseball are an interwoven part of american culture. It's not like the kids are going around trading playing cards of Enron executives.
P.S. Unless they're a super-athlete at the top of the sport, no matter how much professional athletes make, their pay pales in comparison to what the team owners and executive of an organization make due to the athletes. Most athletes at the top of their game probably make more per year from product endorsementst than from their annual salary.