Wake up Athletes!!!

Dikembe Mutombo is staying in Philly, Michael Finely is staying in Dallas, Antonio Davis is staying in Toronto, and Chris Weber is staying in Sacramento. These signings should be signs that professional sports greed is on a down swing. But is it really? Finley signed for over $100 million dollars, same with Webber. I'm a huge Mavericks mark and have marked out for Finley ever since he was in Wisconsin tearing up Iowa and the rest of the Big Ten...but he's not worth $100 million. $100 million should be the pinnacle, it should be reserved for only the elite. Michael Jordan, Allen Iverson, Shaq, Kevin Garnett..these guys should be around that number...but Mike Finley? And Antonio Davis? WTF? Prove to me that this guy changes the outcome of 20 games, and I'll give you head. It can't be done. He's a rebounding stud, but he's a contributor...not a leader. He doesn't take over a game and make it his own like the Jordan's, like the Dominque's.

But I didn't come here to rant about NBA contracts, Skizzow already did that once (Read it Here). Instead I've written this as a sort of wake up call to athletes everywhere. I know the majority of GYEAH.com's audience is either fat, ugly, overweight, and stinky...or maybe that's just the staff? Either way, I doubt anyone who's coming to our site is running marathon's and swimming in biathlons (they swim in that?). But we'll just ignore that point, and I can get on to my logic session:

Okay I'm going to propose a somewhat hypothetical situation. Say you work at hmmm...a factory. The job really doesn't matter, the facts about all our professions are very similar:

-The company is so big, what we do really has no impact on the big picture.
-Work Sucks, You hate going to work everyday.
-Over 50% of your co-workers need a bullet in their face and a good curbing.

Okay and now assume that it were completely possible and feasible for you and 11 of your best friends to start your own little company. Say you got to run a website like GYEAH.com where you could just voice your views and rant about whatever the hell you want...and got paid for it. You wouldn't make near as much money, but you would certainly have enough to survive pretty comfortably. Now some facts would change:

-You have a huge impact on your company's big picture.
-Work is great, you get to do something you love.
-Your co=workers are your best friends, you love working.

Doesn't this sound like a pretty damn good deal? Take a paycut for the dream job? Well, why is it that professional athletes would never consider it? An athlete could have a huge impact on his team, by signing for less and allowing them to sign better players along side him. Work would be much more fun as you start winning games, and maybe even championships. You would like your teammates alot more when they're not throwing passes into the stands and bricking more than a Mike Hlas lay-up.

So what the hell is the problem? Why will no one do the unthinkable and take a pay cut? And it's not like these guys aren't still going to live in the lap of luxury. Say Chris Weber does the unthinkable and resigns with Sacramento for JUST $2 million a year for 5 years. Think how ludicrous that sounds saying the words "just $2 million a year" and you only have to work 8 months out of the year. I could live on the juice alone from money like that. Chris might have to move to a house with only 12 bathrooms instead of 31, but OH F*CKING WELL! Me taking $10 an hour for a job I love, down from $20 is going to change my lifestyle. But you can't buy happiness. Maybe I can't buy every DVD I want, but I can still entertain my ass and live life. And I'd do it in a second...without any time to think. For the dream job, I'd do almost anything. The problem is, I'll never have the opportunity. Chris Weber, Antonio Davis, Michael Finley...they had this opportunity and it never even crossed their minds. WAKE THE F*CK UP!

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