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There are other reasons. The NBA isn’t as popular as it used to be. The players are overpaid. Tickets cost too much...
...tune of over $1.9 billion. At the same time the island has been experiencing a demographic explosion, with a birthrate almost double the European average. "Two worlds coexist here," says Paul Vergès, president of Réunion's regional council. "People who work - many of whom are overpaid colonial civil servants - and people who survive thanks to French benefit payments. Welfare protection has deepened the social divisions of the colonial era and created an artificial economy...
...Last year the U.K. and Germany won $32 billion and $45 billion respectively, sums that amount to almost $550 per capita. In total, European governments are likely to rake in $108 billion from the sale of UMTS licenses, according to Durlacher research. In hindsight, the telecom operators overpaid, since these days some UMTS airspace is tough to give away. Last month, Belgium found only three bidders for its four licenses...
...know what? I don't care what these players make, and neither should you. When you think about it, it's really none of our business. And even if it was our business, who are we to say these players are overpaid? If the Dodgers are willing to pay Darren Dreifort $10 million a year, then that is what he is worth. So don't blame A-Rod simply for taking what was coming...
Salary capless baseball can no longer be tolerated. Pray for an owner's strike. That's right. I want a lockout. I want all the overpaid players to suck it up for the good of the league...