right price

I think every sane person on the face of planet earth can all agree that professional athletes are grossly overcompensated. Yes, it is our, the fans, that are somewhat responsible for such high contracts but I want to know what the right price you think is fair for a professional athlete to make and than what "superstars" such as lebron, brady, etc should make. I think that a ceo of a fortune 500 company should be making no more than 8-10 million a year, some are making into the hundreds of millions, these individuals are also paid to be consultants, appearance fees and have stock in the company that puts their net wealth much high than a yearly salary so i'll use that as my baseline.

NBA
Bench Player (15-20 appearances a year, journeymen, etc): 1.5 million avg
Role Players (play most games, coming off bench): 2-5 million avg
Stars/Superstars : 5-10. There are only maybe 5 superstars in the nba (lebron, kobe, carmelo (though i think he is quite possibly the most 1 dimensional superstar ever!!!), durant and westbrook) These are the faces of the nba the "CEOs" Adam Silver is the commissioner but he is like the GM, these players run it, if it wasn't for them the nba would be nothing.

MLB
This was a little more difficult to guage. The season is longer, they player spring training and they can go down in the minors, they can also play other signifant roles like pinch hitting/running/ etc and the scope of players and their roles with the team and importance is hard to compare to the nba, but here is my best analysis and will be broken into a few more groups.

Bullpen/Bench Player (situational relievers, utilitymen, and backup position players): 2-4 million.
       Like I said this one is a little hard to judge. I can't argue that a closer is anymore important then a reliever that comes in to face a left hander with runners in scoring position and get a ground out...i'm judging it on body of work
Regular Position Player with Avg Stats/Long Relievers : 4-6million
Stars/Superstars: 7-15. Can be pitchers, position players, DH's. The WAR replacement between an avg position player and a star/superstar can be as high as 5-6 which is huge in the MLB.

NFL
          I actually won't try to break this league down....it's so complicated and convoluted. Many of the bench players play key special team roles, the backup qb can be huge for a team if the starter goes down and needs to come in for a few games. Superstar running backs that make such a huge impact on a team that it's almost a position that I as a GM would never pay top dollar to get one out side of a draft (Peterson, Johnson etc are the best over the years and they've won how many playoff games? if you want to talk about lynch how'd he do in Buffalo?) Wide receivers are valuable. QB's are valuable and a good o-line. Those are the value positions in my book, Defensive position players are in the 2nd group and than running backs and special teams. That's my breakdown. No NFL player should make more than 12-15 and no less than 2.

what do you think?

withdrawls

Right now, i'm on a sports withdrawl. Football is over. Baseball really hasn't started yet and granted march madness and nba seasons are entertaining at times i'm completely bored out of my mind. I know sports talk radio isn't for everyone, but even the blow hards are running out of topics to discuss. I can honestly name maybe 2 players in all of college basketball, and one of them is a tall white guy that plays for Wisconson...my kings are having another horrible year and though they might be going in the right direction by hiring George Karl they are painfully awful to watch most of the time. The most i've enjoyed an nba season in recent memory was the strike shortened 50 game season, 3-4 games a week, 3 games in 3 nights, it was quick, every game mattered and players actually performed on both ends of the floor. Right now, the usual talking heads are discussing the nfl draft and putting out their 15th goddamn mock draft that no matter how much they study are always so awful i don't know how they continue to be considered experts. Does anyone else feel this emptiness in regards to sports as I do?

Baseball HOF voting

I'm getting pretty sick of the hall of fame voting process.  There are comments (no quotes, too tired) that basically say that they think 8-10 guys are worthy, but they only voted for 5 or 6.  If they are worthy they are worthy.  Then there are the jackanapes' who refuse to vote for somebody first ballot.  Why the hell does it matter if they make it on the first ballot or not.  Spare me the respect for the game bullshit.  Finally, the voters who are waiting for proof that certain players didn't take steroids.  Do I think Jeff Bagwell took steroids?  Sure I do.  Do I have any proof except for him shrinking like a cold pen15 during his later years?  Nope.  If he has HOF numbers and was a HOF player, then vote for him.  Does Mike Piazza belong?  Yes he does.  So what if the guy had bacne.  Guy might just have oily skin.

Last thought.  Stop trying to champion average players.  Seriously.  Jack Morris was a so-so player with a couple of big moments.  He completed a lot of games because that's what pitchers did when he pitched.  Is Curt Schilling a HOFer because of a couple of World Series (his candidacy is debatable.. I say no)?

If you think a guy belongs, vote for him.  It really isn't complicated unless you have 11 you like (or 13 going forward).