What are professional athletes paid to do?

What are professional athletes paid to do?

  • Perform on the field and win the team a championship

    Votes: 17 63.0%

  • Entertain the fans, even if they don't play well

    Votes: 5 18.5%

  • Be political and post a bunch of stuff on social media

    Votes: 1 3.7%

  • Make me potato salad

    Votes: 4 14.8%
  • Total voters
    27
The NFL is legally classified as "Entertainment", exactly the same as WWE wrestling.
 
ill said:
where is it classified as "entertainment"?
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It was revealed in 2007 when a Jets fans tried to sue the NFL over Spygate.

The case was thrown out of the Supreme Court, because they were legally classified as entertainment.

The NFL proved in this lawsuit that they see themselves as a single unit in the "entertainment" industry and the unique league revenue sharing strategy is not common amongst professional sports leagues.
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The NFL technically, could legally rig a game.
 
They also possess a fairly unique Anti-Trust Exemption to law, granted to them by JFK.



The NFL could very easily be completely rigged. There have been many circumstances that were very coincidental, from the Patriots post-9/11 run, to New Orleans and Katrina. Lotsa smoke, en sech
 
beardown07 said:
It was revealed in 2007 when a Jets fans tried to sue the NFL over Spygate.

The case was thrown out of the Supreme Court, because they were legally classified as entertainment.
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are they still classified as such 13 years later?
 
regardless of what the league identifies itself as, the athletes' job is still to just go out and win, correct?

they may want to dance a little and be a character, but that is not their primary job.

if Gronk was big dumb Gronk but sucked, do you think he would have played on a team?

I guess it could go back to Michael Jordan playing baseball or Tebow. Both are names and while they might not be good players, fans went to see them. Now were either of them in on "we are a sideshow" or were they still trying their best to play good baseball?
 
ill said:
are they still classified as such 13 years later?
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Also in 2010, in a separate court case against the NFL over branded items like hats and shirts, the league presented itself not as 32 separate teams, but as one singular business “unit in the entertainment marketplace.”

Throughout that case, the NFL repeatedly positioned itself legally as a “sports entertainment” business, not a genuinely contested “sport.” College football, for example, is legally classified as a “collegiate sport.” The only other “sports entertainment” businesses are professional wrestling and roller derby.

These are documented court cases
 
ill said:
regardless of what the league identifies itself as, the athletes' job is still to just go out and win, correct?

they may want to dance a little and be a character, but that is not their primary job.

if Gronk was big dumb Gronk but sucked, do you think he would have played on a team?

I guess it could go back to Michael Jordan playing baseball or Tebow. Both are names and while they might not be good players, fans went to see them. Now were either of them in on "we are a sideshow" or were they still trying their best to play good baseball?
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Nope, their job is to play. They get paid either way, win or lose.
 
to entertain, but the poll is swayed to your beliefs.
 
beardown07 said:
Nope, their job is to play. They get paid either way, win or lose.
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Well, sure. How well they play and how much a team thinks they can help win affects how much they get paid though
 
beardown07 said:
Nope, their job is to play. They get paid either way, win or lose.
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eh...they might get a contract but that doesn't mean they are going to stay on the team though.

if the team is losing and the player is not performing, they will get released.
 
ill said:
eh...they might get a contract but that doesn't mean they are going to stay on the team though.

if the team is losing and the player is not performing, they will get released.
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Depends on the sport, kind of
 
ill said:
how so?
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IMO, option 2 is swayed. "even if they dont play well". it should just be an option "to entertain the fans".

cuz that their job.
 
Illustrious Potentate said:
You can release a guy in baseball, but the team is still on the hook for the entire contract.

It’s why Chris Davis is killing the Orioles.
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he should be more entertaining then.

maybe wear funny glasses or something.
 
ill said:
he should be more entertaining then.

maybe wear funny glasses or something.
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I’d argue that breaking the record for most consecutive at bats without a hit is entertaining
 
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