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The Superbowl is nothing more than watching rich people fight over a ball while companies spend obscene amounts of money to blast advertisements at you. (dubvee.org)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/unpopularopinion

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No offense or judgement meant to anyone if that's your thing (to each their own). That's just how I see pretty much all professional sports - the super bowl is just the poster child for it.

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[–] Snapz 16 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Average doesn't work so great here with those QBs at the top making $50m a year, bud

[–] RememberTheApollo_ 3 points 9 months ago

The QB is still a player on the field.

[–] lp0_on_fire 3 points 9 months ago

Surprisingly one of the quarterbacks playing tonight had a salary under a million. Though I expect that won't be the case for him next season after making it to the Super Bowl.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

The point is that for the amount of money being generated off of them playing a sport that harms their body they aren’t being paid properly.

It’s a pretty solid comparison to the worker who gives their time and youth to be paid but typically rarely see a fraction of what they generate.

NFL players make more money usually, but the comparison is apt.