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Wade wants paid
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And Olympic participation is absolutely not on the country's dime.
You are right and I wasn't aware of that. Don't think it changes the fact that these guys still don't pay for anything to participate.
I just don't understand why they should be expected to do their jobs for free. Yes, they are wildly overpaid for playing a game, but when they play that game in the Olympics, there are a lot of people lining their pockets w money because of their successes.

And I don't think this is just an NBA player issue, I think a lot of Olympic athletes deserve more than they're getting. The Olympics are big business, and you have a lot of athletes struggling. Why shouldn't the athletes get a part of that big money?
It's not their job. It's volunteer. That's the whole point.
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And Olympic participation is absolutely not on the country's dime.
You are right and I wasn't aware of that. Don't think it changes the fact that these guys still don't pay for anything to participate.
I just don't understand why they should be expected to do their jobs for free. Yes, they are wildly overpaid for playing a game, but when they play that game in the Olympics, there are a lot of people lining their pockets w money because of their successes.

And I don't think this is just an NBA player issue, I think a lot of Olympic athletes deserve more than they're getting. The Olympics are big business, and you have a lot of athletes struggling. Why shouldn't the athletes get a part of that big money?
It's not their job. It's volunteer. That's the whole point.
If it were 1960, I'd agree. And if the Olympics were a charity, I'd agree.

But the Olympics has turned into a billion dollar business. I don't think it makes sense to expect athletes to volunteer their time and talents to line the pockets of the IOC, USOC, NBC, and all it's sponsors.
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then dont play. its pretty simple
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And Olympic participation is absolutely not on the country's dime.
You are right and I wasn't aware of that. Don't think it changes the fact that these guys still don't pay for anything to participate.
I just don't understand why they should be expected to do their jobs for free. Yes, they are wildly overpaid for playing a game, but when they play that game in the Olympics, there are a lot of people lining their pockets w money because of their successes.

And I don't think this is just an NBA player issue, I think a lot of Olympic athletes deserve more than they're getting. The Olympics are big business, and you have a lot of athletes struggling. Why shouldn't the athletes get a part of that big money?
It's not their job. It's volunteer. That's the whole point.
If it were 1960, I'd agree. And if the Olympics were a charity, I'd agree.

But the Olympics has turned into a billion dollar business. I don't think it makes sense to expect athletes to volunteer their time and talents to line the pockets of the IOC, USOC, NBC, and all it's sponsors.
So then don't! No one is forcing them to do that. They can choose to volunteer and represent their country or they can choose to not. There will always be players that see value in participating and I am more than happy to have those players be the ones to represent the USA.
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I don't think he was whining about it at all. He was asked a question and answered it. But as always, people blew it out of proportion and attacked him.
LOL. Sure he wasn't
You know that athletes have been fighting this battle for decades? It shouldn't matter whether a rich person or a poor person talks about the issue. There is still a major problem w the system and how all Olympuc athletes are compensated.
If Wade would have addressed the system, as opposed to his individual sport, then I don't think there would have been much of an issue.
This is an excellent point.
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I don't think he was whining about it at all. He was asked a question and answered it. But as always, people blew it out of proportion and attacked him.
LOL. Sure he wasn't
You know that athletes have been fighting this battle for decades? It shouldn't matter whether a rich person or a poor person talks about the issue. There is still a major problem w the system and how all Olympuc athletes are compensated.
If Wade would have addressed the system, as opposed to his individual sport, then I don't think there would have been much of an issue.
This is an excellent point.
My guess is that he could care less about the "system"

What and when do i get paid is his concern.
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I don't think he was whining about it at all. He was asked a question and answered it. But as always, people blew it out of proportion and attacked him.
LOL. Sure he wasn't
You know that athletes have been fighting this battle for decades? It shouldn't matter whether a rich person or a poor person talks about the issue. There is still a major problem w the system and how all Olympuc athletes are compensated.
If Wade would have addressed the system, as opposed to his individual sport, then I don't think there would have been much of an issue.
This is an excellent point.
My guess is that he could care less about the "system"

What and when do i get paid is his concern.
No doubt, but there are ways to go about that so you don't come off as a greedy jackwagon to the general public.....at least not as much as he did with the route he chose.
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First of all..

A lot of olympic/non-team sports get paid. Soccer players get paid for the world cup.

Second of all..

If you did something extracirricular outside of your job you'd expect to get paid.

Third of all..

If one of them tears their knee to shreds I doubt USA Basketball will be standing in line ready to compensate them for time missed.
I'll agree to pay him as long as he has to give me the emotional high feeling he gets from competing on that stage and winning a gold medal for 300+ million of his coutrymen. Can a price be put on that feeling and accomplishment......but yet he is GIVEN the OPPORTUNITY to achieve that on a global stage. If he doesn't want to accept the opportunity, I'm quite sure that he is not obligated.


Seems like a pretty fair trade to me. Maybe he can consider the fact that he makes him living in a state with no state tax as his compensation? There are other players on that team that contibute more to their respective communities, make far less than he does, and still arent asking for more. I think dbag is the perfect term. Someone who wants extra benefits for a voluntary act......maybe pathetic dbag sums it up better?
You are a complete idiot.
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I don't think he was whining about it at all. He was asked a question and answered it. But as always, people blew it out of proportion and attacked him.
I agree with cam I don't really see it as wade bitching, just bringing up a somewhat valid point but because it's wade people are blowing it way out of proportion. That said, Im not overly sympathetic any time millionaires want more money.
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http://msn.foxsports.com/olympics/story/Lindsey-Vonn-hit-with-large-tax-lien-by-IRS-041512

More proof that olympic athletes make no money
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http://msn.foxsports.com/olympics/story/Lindsey-Vonn-hit-with-large-tax-lien-by-IRS-041512

More proof that olympic athletes make no money
Who ever said Olympic athletes don't make money?
“He’s always been a guy — maybe to a fault — he would always try to do what I said. That seems like something simple in coaching, but those are the guys I hang my hat on. We’ve had some guys in our program, we had a couple guys that felt I had a bias towards E’Twaun Moore. And they were right — I do have a bias towards E’Twaun Moore. I like guys that go to class, that are academic All-Americans, that come early, that stay late, that love the game of basketball. I am biased towards those guys. And I’m biased towards Rob Hummel. But I’m also biased towards their habits, their work ethic, and how they carry themselves."

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If you want to get paid to do something when other athletes aren't, go to Kentucky.
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http://msn.foxsports.com/olympics/story/Lindsey-Vonn-hit-with-large-tax-lien-by-IRS-041512

More proof that olympic athletes make no money
Who ever said Olympic athletes don't make money?
"If it were 1960, I'd agree. And if the Olympics were a charity, I'd agree.

But the Olympics has turned into a billion dollar business. I don't think it makes sense to expect athletes to volunteer their time and talents to line the pockets of the IOC, USOC, NBC, and all it's sponsors. " - cam
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And Olympic participation is absolutely not on the country's dime.
You are right and I wasn't aware of that. Don't think it changes the fact that these guys still don't pay for anything to participate.
I just don't understand why they should be expected to do their jobs for free. Yes, they are wildly overpaid for playing a game, but when they play that game in the Olympics, there are a lot of people lining their pockets w money because of their successes.

And I don't think this is just an NBA player issue, I think a lot of Olympic athletes deserve more than they're getting. The Olympics are big business, and you have a lot of athletes struggling. Why shouldn't the athletes get a part of that big money?
Here you go again...


So is a pole vaulter worth as much as wade? How about the Curling team? How much should they be earning? I'm sure we sell a lot of Curling apparel, those people should definitely be getting a cut.
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fuck 'em. bring back the college amateurs...and even include the UK kids.
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