Originally Posted by bambi47
The reverse would be fine. At least then our priorities would be a little better. What wrong with this world is that an athlete will get paid millions even if he breaks a leg and ends his career. If an officer gets shot, he doesn't get millions, his career could be over, and he may die. Who deserves more? What entertainers make is even more bazaar than what athletes make. When one of them puts their life on the line, or puts out one fire, then maybe they'll deserve about 1/10th of what they make.
What it comes down to really, is that the competition to be one of the relatively few who can make the grade at the level of pro football ensures that those who do are rare in their skills. If there were 100 or 1000 who could do the job as well, the price would surely go down.
And, of course, many who have those dreams are injured in high school and college in such a way that their knees or whatever will never be the same - all before earning a penny.
There are lots and lots of people who want to be LEOs. If there weren't the salaries and benefits would go up.
The dream of everyone earning what they are worth to society instead of in the marketplace is a good one ... but it won't ever come true in this culture.