Good question.  Some years ago, an NBA player named Latrell Sprewell turned down a $7 million one year contract claiming  that “he couldn’t feed his family on that”.  He hasn’t played ball since.  So now in Minnesota we sign a now 40-year-old Brett Favre to a 2 year contract for $12.5 million a year to play for our MN Vikings NFL team.  Now I won’t pass judgement on whether that is a good or not.  I am a definite fair weather fan of football.  However, the purpose of this blog is to relate a topic for reflection.

I was hanging out with my Superintendent buddy, Alan, the other day and asked him if he realized the following; if only his job paid $250,000 a year, he could make Favre’s salary for this one year in just 50 years!  He began to think that hmmmm, he is 57 years old and just think at 107 years old he would have made Favre’s first year salary.  Now of course, I quickly reminded him that with some annual raises and adjustments he might be able to achieve that number by the age of 100.  Cheered him up a good bit.

It is amazing is it not, especially when put into perspective?  Being a free market guy, I won’t weigh in with the comments about it being obscene, etc.  However, I do marvel at it.  Great Country this America!