SOPA/PIPA Petition: Sign this People

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How many plumbers and roofers do you know that do it because they love the work? How many pro athletes do you think would be pro athletes if they made 100k a year instead of a million? How many Hollywood actors would put up with all the BS for 50K a year?

I know plenty of ball players who would love to play regardless of the salary. That's what pissed me off about the NBA strike. All these divas wanting more money, acting like they were doing such a service for the world, complaining that they were close to broke. I guarantee you out of all the colleges and high schools and what not, I could fire the entire NBA squad and have them all replaced for a QUARTER of what they're making.

Lol. You act like actors, athletes and musicians have been getting paid millions of dollars since the beginning of time. Sorry to say, that's far from the truth

What do you think about the people that aspire to be teachers, firefighters, police, military, EMTs?

[BanginJimmy]

I know plenty of ball players who would love to play regardless of the salary.

I have a very hard time believing that even a #3 DH would be playing MLB for 100K a year not to mention an NBA or NFL player who puts 10x the stress on their body that anyone but a pitcher and catcher does in baseball.


That's what pissed me off about the NBA strike. All these divas wanting more money, acting like they were doing such a service for the world, complaining that they were close to broke. [/quote]

players were actually looking for a higher percentage of basketball related sales, the fruits of their labors.

What do you think about the people that aspire to be teachers, firefighters, police, military, EMTs?[/QUOTE]


Some of them chose a profession they enjoy. Some because their other life plans did not work out. Some because they look at it as a stepping stone. Enlisted military is mostly composed of those that saw it as a way out of a bad situation at home. Whether that be money, crime, lack of other choices. I joined the military because I was in a dead end job with no real hope of advancement and I was too broke for school. The military was always a stepping stone for me as a way to leasrn a trade that could be used outside the military. Officers are a little different. There are a lot of them that also use the military as job training or a way to pay for their college. There are also a great many that are multi generational military that truely enjoy it. That is MUCH more prevelent on the officer side than the enlisted side.

Teachers typically scored low on SAT's and GRE's. Many may have wanted to do something else, but their test scores prevented them from doing so.
http://www.educationnews.org/article...strators-.html

Police and firefighters are kind of like the military. They are kind of a niche profession that attracts a lot of multi generation applicants.