Thread: The Cost of Pro Sports...Economically Speaking...

Originally Posted by hawgballs

Didn't you know, that if you want to tax the rich(poor little fellows) that is a form a socialism, and anyone that wants to tax the rich is a socialist. I mean C'MON, why should that money go towards the lazy welfare moms of Indy? They ought to get off their lazy asses and fix their own roads, pay for their own clinics, repave their own sidewalks....... I mean, why should the rich guys busting their asses shooting basketball have to pay for all of the lazy poors' responsibilities. Socialism plain and simple. It is taxes like this that are ruining this country, I mean c'mon, sooner or later those basketball players are going to play somewhere else, then who is Indy going to tax? Indy is taxing themselves out of existence......

Talk about putting words in my mouth.......seriously.

So only Socialism taxes sports players.....because they make a lot of money.......good to know. I guess in Chicago,all the really have is the Hawks (which they should be VERY proud of) and of course DA! BEARS,so I can see where you would get the idea. Here, in a decent city,we have many industries for people to earn scads of cash....not just sports teams.

And as for who makes the money in Pro Sports......it aint the players, it's the guy who writes their check. If you really want to make some coin,learn to drive a car.......Michael Schumacher made a decent living.

Hawg is trolling. Not terribly out of character. Relax, Dex.

Dex,

I stand corrected, well kinda. If the state charges a state income tax then athletes have to pay it when they play in that state, whether they live there or not. If they live in a state that has a state income tax, and the state they play in does not, they pay it to the state they live in for those games. If however they live in a state with no state income tax, and play in another state with no state income tax, then they pay no extra state income taxes to either state.

Athletes have to pay income taxes to states that they play in on the road, so the games he'll play away from home -- whether he played for Cleveland or Miami -- are essentially a wash. But there are, on average, 11 away games per season where James would have to pay Ohio and Cleveland taxes. Why? Because he has to pay when he plays in the six areas - Florida, Texas, Washington D.C., Illinois, Toronto and Tennessee - that have no jock taxes.

http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.c...tate-taxes.php

Right then...

Pro sports are expensive, waaaah.

They are paid what the market will bear. If the City can't defend the decision to bail them out then those elected officials need to be booted at the next election.

rofl you guys kill me....