A-Rod, Beckham and Stern

if i once again needed to be reminded of the rediculousness of the american society, the recent howard stern and david beckham announcements did the trick.

stern, working for sirius satellite radio under a $500 million dollar contract, was recently awarded an $83 million dollar bonus. what does stern do you ask? no, he's not a world class surgeon, nor even a super high powered lawyer....not even an east coast shortstop. no...mr stern earns his living essentially as a radio dj. oh yea, and that $500 million contract is good for 5 years. yep - you can do the math, $100 million dollars per year. to break it down even more - that's about $274,000 per day. (before that bonus and taxes of course) even latrell sprewell would have to agree that howard is probably able to feed his family on that. so, you might ask, what type of show does stern preside over? not a good one in my opinion - at least not the kind that promotes any type of positive values for his masses. but what does that say about america? everyone wants their entertainment - and apparently lots of people don't give a second thought to the type of, let's call it, 'stuff' they allow themselves to be entertained by.

how about becks? after a little googling i learned that his contract will only be worth $50 over 5 years. only. ahh, now i can sleep at night. even ten a year seems pretty crazy to me considering that not very many of the big sports guys make that much. i'm not sure how mls soccer can support a bunch of guys making that much money - and i know he's the only one so far, but there'll be more - just watch.

then there's a-rod. funny how people seem to forget about his contract after a few years. yep, he's still making the big money....$25.6 this year to be (pretty close to) exact. to play baseball....in new york its funny how kids all across the country grew up dreaming of playing the game....and for that reason, to play the game, not for the money. i wonder if the kids growing up today still want to play it for the game...or if for the money.

am i jealous of these guys....only a-rod just because he plays ball for a living. the others - heck no. i'm just sick about the path that our society has let us travel down. enough venting - time for grey's....