Recession??????????????????????

Matthew 10:16

Matthew 10:16

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How bout 23 million a year for 7 years to "work" 8 months a year throwing baseballs every
4th or 5th day for 5 or 6 innings maybe 2 hrs per day for a total of 161 million $$$$$$$$$! Ask CC Sabathia if there's a recession in his home. :eek:
 
Matthew 10:16 said:
How bout 23 million a year for 7 years to "work" 8 months a year throwing baseballs every
4th or 5th day for 5 or 6 innings maybe 2 hrs per day for a total of 161 million $$$$$$$$$! Ask CC Sabathia if there's a recession in his home. :eek:
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Yes...but it is the combination of sheer talent, genetics, lots of training, practice, and physical grace that has allowed this one person the ability to rake in this type of money. Keep that in mind. If it were easy, we wouldn't have major league sports. It is something like the top 0.01% of all athletes that compete/perform/get paid for their work at this level.
 
I played college baseball with hopes like everyone else. I used to get disgusted with the salaries in professional sports even though it is the top .01% that make it, until my first interleague game. I went to Busch for the first interleague game in Stl it was with Seattle. I noticed a packed house, most there to watch Griffey Jr. Figure just an extra 10k people at $25 per ticket. Thats $25,000. If that happens at every stadium thats an extra $2 mill per year just in ticket sales at $25 a pop. Now I know it was more than 10k people.

This doesn't count the food, drink, jersey sales, video games, tv rights, etc. In short SOME of these athletes are worth the big bucks. Most take advantage of arbitration to get the big bucks.
 
Don't get me wrong, I'm jealous too:D.Like I said some are worth the money. Case in point my brother took my nephew to NY for a yanks game, not only did they get to meet Jeter, A Rod and Johnny Damon, but the three of those guys were so impressed that they came to a game they sent him an autographed team ball to the hotel BEFORE the game ended!:eek: That was 2 months ago and the little guy is still talking about it.

Figure they are also paid top dollar to fail at the plate 70% of the time:eek:
 
There is certainly no recession in the Firearms and Ammunition business right now. I have not witnessed such a feeding frenzy, thanks to Obama, since the so called "Assault Weapons" Ban in 1994.

Believe me when I tell you...people may not have an excess of funds right now...but there are many spending what they have on guns and ammo. Ammo by the 1K case... Ammo that sold for $110 / 1000 rounds three years ago is now selling for $590 for that same 1000 rounds. Much of it is being bought for long term storage in hermetically sealed battle packs and vacuum sealed spam cans.

Manufacturers of AR15 rifles which you could buy off the shelf in June are back ordered 52-56 weeks....today! And the prices went from $900 to nearly $2,000 in less than a month...and they are selling at those inflated prices.

Kathy and I comment how full the Wally World parking lots are...every day.

When middle class families are forced to live out of wooden shanties and we see the current day equivalent to "Hoover Town" spring up on the river front and soup kitchens with lines around the block...then the term recession will be appropriate. But when people claim there is a recession because they have to downsize to just two family cars and go from Premium Channel to Basic Channel cable...that is not a recession. That is a market correction for those living above their means...

K&K
 
When middle class families are forced to live out of wooden shanties and we see the current day equivalent to "Hoover Town" spring up on the river front and soup kitchens with lines around the block...then the term recession will be appropriate.
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Actually this would be a depression, a recession is 3 consecutive quarters with a loss.:)

But I agree about the market correction, it has to happen.
 
Yep...that about covers it.

I'm marketing everyday looking for a new opportunity for our firm. Everyone is tentative about doing much of anything right now. :(
 
Your firm willing to branch out in to a smaller arena, say, cell site design? If so, let me know, I can e-mail a contact name/number to you and let fate fall where it may.
 
I think all of us are feeling the pinch right now. I know of several projects that the owners have just walked away from. Our firm is slow for the first time in it's 15 year existence.
 
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