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My unpopular view is, why do athletes get paid this much to play a game they'd play anyway even if they weren't paid anything at all? I don't begrudge Patrick Kane his $2.75 mil a year, but I'd be willing to do it for half that and much more poorly than anyone thought possible. I just think all these inflated salaries are ridiculous when there's so many people who could use financial help out there, who have jobs but can't make ends meet and work at a job every day instead of just playing a sport a few days a week.
I'd be inclined to agree but they are only getting paid their dues based on how much the sport makes. There are far more people that do very little for their money within the NHL.
Oh yeah I totally realize that. The ones who really rake it in probably do the least amount of work in most franchises. Still I think that packaging athletes as commodities who can be bought off for millions is kind of anti-sportsmanlike in some ways.