Dwyane Wade, Ray Allen think NBA players should get paid for Olympics

Waitresses shouldn't get paid.

Because how would we know how much to pay them?

 

You simply don't get it.

 

Good for Bolt and Phelps.

 

Truck drivers shouldn't get paid.

How would we know how much to pay them?

 

Oh, who would be paying these players? Our tax dollars?

 

How does your company decide what they pay you?

 

You know what's funny is this is a no-brainer (Devil aside). But, as with the lockout, if the players dare to push this issue the blowback will be so intense that they'll regret they ever did it and it will stand alongside Patrick Ewing's "athletes make a lot of money, but we spend a lot of money" as a symbol of NBA player greed.

 

Teachers shouldn't get paid.

Who would be paying these salaries? Our tax dollars?

 

but you are fucking with Devils entertainment so it must be an issue.

 

Yep. It makes me want to tear my hair out that, among Americans at large, 93Devil is actually in the majority here, and the sane wing of SportsJournalists.com is in the minority.

 

I understand what everyone is asking here, but it's really fun to say pay them. What is not fun is fuguring out how.

So how?

 

These ... um ... hmmmm ... um ... how do I put this delicately ... these ... um ... hmmmm ... guys should take their money and be happy with it!

Oh, and ... Michael Phelps!

(Phew, that was a close one!)