At 16:59 8-11-01 -0500, Kevin Tarr wrote:

>IMO, you "lose money" when your expenses exceeds your income. The
>business
>world however seems to look at it differently. If a company makes $100
>million in profits in year #1, and makes another $90 million in profits
>in
>year #2, they do not claim they "earned 90 million in profits" in year
>#2,
>but made a $10 million loss.

>That's the way that governments say they lose money. The sports teams
>say they are losing money each year the old fashion way....but everyone
>gets their salary of course.

And a quite comfortable salary at that, I guess. Not to mention an annual 
raise that is significantly higher than the inflation rate.

At least, for the owner, the management and the players. I do not think 
their security guards and cleaning crew will bring home a 7-digit salary 
every month.


Jeroen

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