Maslow's Political Blog

When the NFL threatened their lockout, they said it was the millionaires (players) VS the billionaires (owners).  The NBA is pretty much the same thing.  As far as I can tell (10 minutes on a google search), the owners want a salary cut of 800 million and to split the revenues with the players 50/50.  The players want to keep the current contract where they get 57% and 2.1 billion in benefits/salaries (I'm not sure if 2.1 billion includes the revenue percentage or not).  2.1 billion divided among 450 players (Each NBA team can have 12-15 players, and there are 30 teams, but let's say there are 15 players on every team which divides that 2.1 billion the most) is about 4.7 million each.  800 million divided by 450 is 1.7 million, so players would make 3 million each. Obviously the distribution is not equal, so some make more and some make less, but you get the idea.  Meanwhile, the 800 million cut would presumably go to the owners, and let's say each team has...

I wrote this in 2011.  I think my wry humor got the best of me, as well as just being a little ridiculous.   The facts are accurate, but my feelings about it were intended as a little over the top and weren't meant to be taken literally.   This rant was to be taken with a pinch of salt, and then forgotten about.  Instead, I got hit with a bunch of antisemitic comments, some of which I deleted but now wish I hadn't.  Who, in 2011, read my blog and was antisemetic?  This was long before our current era where "armies of trolls" is a thing online that people need to worry about. I shouldn't've gotten rid of them.  It just gives them the "you censored me!" card.  Instead I should've allowed it and then pointed a big sign to it saying THIS IS CRAZY, RIGHT???   Oh well.  I did not.  Heads up, read the comments (and my refutation) at your own risk.  They are......... frustrating.  I wonder how they found me. Anyway, in li...