He was talking about the relative competence among baseball players. On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 05:15:52PM -0500, Carrol Cox wrote: > I don't see what the athletic competence of baseball players has to do > with the value of their labor power. How much money do the TV networks, > the advertisers, and the makers of the products advertised make off of > them. Besides, I believe a huge proportion of mlb players are only in > the majors for a few years (under 5) and never get even the average > salaries. (And I believe the situation is much worse for football > players.) Has anyone written seriously on the economics of professional > sports? > > A few years ago there was fuss made about the outrageous salaries of > airline pilots, many of whom are now unemployed or working under worse > conditions for less money. > > Carrol
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