They are capping wall street execs

[mmillman]

shouldn't they cap the players also? Ticket prices are becoming insane. Hopefully businesses won't buy as much which will drive the prices down and if there are more and more empty seats around the NFL they will have to lower prices.

 

[AbeBeta]

actually, if people are willing to pay for those seat, then the price is not too high

 

[theogt]

actually, if people are willing to pay for those seat, then the price is not too high

Whaaaaaaaaaaaat?

No, of course not, the government should set prices for everything!

 

[TheDude]

shouldn't they cap the players also? Ticket prices are becoming insane. Hopefully businesses won't buy as much which will drive the prices down and if there are more and more empty seats around the NFL they will have to lower prices.

So...no person in America should make over ________? (fill in the blank).

The end of the free market is well underway

 

[TheDude]

Whaaaaaaaaaaaat?

No, of course not, the government should set prices for everything!

they have been trying over the past few years

 

[Venger]

So...no person in America should make over ________? (fill in the blank).

The end of the free market is well underway

McLovin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Free market has been on life support for a while now...

Every person who enjoys talking about what other people should or should not make needs to remember, that once you give the government power to control what someone makes, you give them control over what YOU make.

There is almost always someone somewhere making less than you... if you are unwilling to give them the difference, don't be willing to ask someone else to.

Venger

 

[JohnnyHopkins]

Everyone likes a good cap.

 

[AbeBeta]

Whaaaaaaaaaaaat?

No, of course not, the government should set prices for everything!

bid difference between a luxury item and a necessity...

 

[Aikmaniac]

I don't know why but after reading the title of the thread, I immediately thought of Plaxico and Co.

 

[TheDude]

I don't know why but after reading the title of the thread, I immediately thought of Plaxico and Co.

Thats funny:laugh2:

 

[YosemiteSam]

shouldn't they cap the players also? Ticket prices are becoming insane. Hopefully businesses won't buy as much which will drive the prices down and if there are more and more empty seats around the NFL they will have to lower prices.

A lot of CEOs of the wall street banks should be in jail. They were told no bonuses, but they gave them out anyhow under different names. Then they are going to collect TONS of tax payer money to payoff their debt from their greedy *** choices. So, basically a huge part of your tax dollars did nothing but pay bonuses to people who were so skilled they lost billions.

I think if they rode the subway with me, I would push them onto the tracks! :laugh2: (I'M KIDDING!) ...maybe!

 

[RCowboyFan]

bid difference between a luxury item and a necessity...

Yep, that should do it. Government deciding whats a necessity and whats a luxury. Well in many Countries TV is still a luxury... Or a Car...Or maybe Clean water?

I guess politicians haven't messed up enough, that we need them to mess up NFL.

 

[iceberg]

shouldn't they cap the players also? Ticket prices are becoming insane. Hopefully businesses won't buy as much which will drive the prices down and if there are more and more empty seats around the NFL they will have to lower prices.

oh good god - NO!

if you can't afford it, don't buy it. if they price themselves out of the market, it's their own fault.

 

[RCowboyFan]

A lot of CEOs of the wall street banks should be in jail. They were told no bonuses, but they gave them out anyhow under different names. Then they are going to collect TONS of tax payer money to payoff their debt from their greedy *** choices. So, basically a huge part of your tax dollars did nothing but pay bonuses to people who were so skilled they lost billions.

I think if they rode the subway with me, I would push them onto the tracks! :laugh2: (I'M KIDDING!) ...maybe!

Why the heck are you trying to get into total politics now?

 

[YosemiteSam]

Why the heck are you trying to get into total politics now?

Going back to school might help you. What I said has nothing to do with politics. It was current events.

 

[RCowboyFan]

Going back to school might help you. What I said has nothing to do with politics. It was current events.

Yeah, go back to school and study economics 101 and study history of what happened yourself. If you want to debate about whole bailout, I certainly can. There is a reason they have political zone. This is not current events zone either, just to clue you.

 

[YosemiteSam]

Yeah, go back to school and study economics 101 and study history of what happened yourself. If you want to debate about whole bailout, I certainly can. There is a reason they have political zone. This is not current events zone either, just to clue you.

Move along Umpa Lumpa.

 

[RCowboyFan]

Move along Umpa Lumpa.

Yeah, awesome retort....

 

[Longboysfan]

shouldn't they cap the players also? Ticket prices are becoming insane. Hopefully businesses won't buy as much which will drive the prices down and if there are more and more empty seats around the NFL they will have to lower prices.

Look are you an Eagle poster or what.

Only a dooffus or Eagle poster would say that.

The Corportate Executives authorize the buying of the tickets for corporate use - their own. Part of the I like me best syndrome in all high level companies.

Little guy be dammed. Budget problems - ax the workers....
Lay off a useless exec. NEVER!!!!!!!!

 

[fanfromvirginia]

The players are effectively, if somewhat loosely, capped. Rookie salaries are fixed within a certain range and the salary cap means that there is a limit that any one player can receive.

So posters who agree with the system as is are agreeing to capping salaries by definition. And the fact that the gov't allows the NFL to do what it wants means that this is, in some sense of it, gov't sponsored wage fixing.

So all you libertarians should just make the switch to being European soccer fans where, ironically enough, sports are conducted almost entirely by free market principles.