Screwed up priorities

Emi2 · 05-18-2002, 03:51 PM

Screwed up priorities.
It's crazy how screwed up our societies priorities are. Check out these figures for movies and hockey players. Why is so much money spent on entertainment?

Estimated ticket sales for weekend of May 10-12:
Spider-Man - $72 million
Unfaithful - $14.2 million
The New Guy - $9.5 million
The Scorpion King - $4.4 million
Changing Lanes - $3.5 million
Murder by Numbers - $2.3 million
The Rookie - $2.1 million
Panic Room - $1.5 million
Ice Age - $1.4 million
Life or Something Like It - $1.3 million

The 10 most wealthy hockey players:

1- MESSIER, MARK 49,485,102 $ (1) 0
2- GRETZKY, WAYNE 43,268,428 $ (2) 0
3- YZERMAN, STEVE 42,912,790 $ (4) +1
4- JAGR, JAROMIR 42,127,560 $ (7) +3
5- ROY, PATRICK 40,809,834 $ (5) 0
6- LINDROS, ERIC 39,817,000 $ (3) -3
7- HULL, BRETT 39,741,000 $ (6) -1
8- SAKIC, JOE 39,288,239 $ (9) +1
9- BURE, PAVEL 38,259,794 $ (11) +2
10- HASEK, DOMINIK 36,525,300 $ (12) +2

What an insane amount of money!

"It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible
to find it elsewhere."
--Agnes Repplier, writer and historian

TD · 05-18-2002, 04:09 PM

This is exactly why I no longer find an interest in professional sports!! How can they justify paying ANYONE this kind of money just to play a game.

"And so it begins."

Chris Chappell · 05-19-2002, 01:16 PM

Entertainment.

Until the public stops paying for it the $$$ will be there.

Onward and Upward!

Sue Pendleton · 05-19-2002, 09:19 PM

There is no way a guy in tights is worth $72 million just to watch. And all this while science and the real arts go underfunded and unappreciated. This is one of the reasons I really miss living in Europe. I'm American to the core but I prefer ballet tickets I can afford to shelling out over $100 a seat for football and that doesn't include the $6 beers. No wonder our pro-atheletes do drugs. WWhat else costs enough to warrant these kind of salaries?

05-18-2002, 03:51 PM	#1
Emi2 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 3,205	Screwed up priorities Screwed up priorities. It's crazy how screwed up our societies priorities are. Check out these figures for movies and hockey players. Why is so much money spent on entertainment? Estimated ticket sales for weekend of May 10-12: Spider-Man - $72 million Unfaithful - $14.2 million The New Guy - $9.5 million The Scorpion King - $4.4 million Changing Lanes - $3.5 million Murder by Numbers - $2.3 million The Rookie - $2.1 million Panic Room - $1.5 million Ice Age - $1.4 million Life or Something Like It - $1.3 million The 10 most wealthy hockey players: 1- MESSIER, MARK 49,485,102 $ (1) 0 2- GRETZKY, WAYNE 43,268,428 $ (2) 0 3- YZERMAN, STEVE 42,912,790 $ (4) +1 4- JAGR, JAROMIR 42,127,560 $ (7) +3 5- ROY, PATRICK 40,809,834 $ (5) 0 6- LINDROS, ERIC 39,817,000 $ (3) -3 7- HULL, BRETT 39,741,000 $ (6) -1 8- SAKIC, JOE 39,288,239 $ (9) +1 9- BURE, PAVEL 38,259,794 $ (11) +2 10- HASEK, DOMINIK 36,525,300 $ (12) +2 What an insane amount of money! "It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere." --Agnes Repplier, writer and historian

05-18-2002, 04:09 PM	#2
TD Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Phoenix, AZ, USA Posts: 649	Re: Hockey Players salaries This is exactly why I no longer find an interest in professional sports!! How can they justify paying ANYONE this kind of money just to play a game. "And so it begins."

05-19-2002, 01:16 PM	#3
Chris Chappell Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 7,035	That's Entertainment. Until the public stops paying for it the $$$ will be there. Onward and Upward!

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05-19-2002, 09:19 PM	#4
Sue Pendleton Moderator Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Wisconsin USA Posts: 9,108	There is no way a guy in tights is worth $72 million just to watch. And all this while science and the real arts go underfunded and unappreciated. This is one of the reasons I really miss living in Europe. I'm American to the core but I prefer ballet tickets I can afford to shelling out over $100 a seat for football and that doesn't include the $6 beers. No wonder our pro-atheletes do drugs. WWhat else costs enough to warrant these kind of salaries?