Why is the government always in our business? Does it really help the economy when the government tries to legislate change? Why does the media and others hate to see young people attempt to play in the NBA?
What does Lebron James, Jermaine O’Neal, Kobe Bryant, Lindsay Lohan, Drew Barrymore, Mary Kate Olsen, and Justin Bieber all have in common? They all went professional in their chosen fields before they ever attended college and they all have different rates of pay. But which people in this group have the media been heavily advocating that they should not turn professional and instead should go to college? The basketball players of course. Why do so many people get upset at young basketball stars standing the chance to make millions in the NBA. Shouldn’t we also advocate for children that excel in acting and music to attend college before they are allowed to be a professional music and movie star. Lebron, Jermaine, and Kobe Bryant are all professional basketball players and almost everyone in the media suggest that athletes should go to college before attempting to play basketball professionally.
This is funny to me because if the NBA scouts, general managers, and owners do not think the player is good enough to play in the NBA, then that player will not be selected in the draft. Also the media and former players continually state that they care about NCAA student athletes and they want to protect these student athletes from making a bad decision by entering the NBA draft prematurely; claiming a college experience/college degree is best for these people. If NCAA officials, NCAA coaches, and the media really cared about student athletes they would ensure that there was a training program available for athletes after they finish college so that they have the skills for a career after college is over. Why aren’t their coaching programs for athletes to pursue, so that if they love their sport they are ready to step into a coaching position? Why aren’t there general manager, sports agent training programs? Why aren’t there volunteer organizations set up to give athletes experience in fields of their choice?
Yes, there are graduate assistant positions but the numbers of them are very small. The media suggests college is better for athletes for many reasons, some of the reasons are because they say it will help them socially because they will have lived with other people that did not grow up in their neighborhood, another reason is that college will prepare them for the real world. What world were these athletes living in before they entered this real world? What is this artificial/virtual/fake world that some people like athletes live in? There is no fake world, there is only the world that we all live and participate in, if athletes are treated one way in college and a different way out of college, then let’s just say that and give them the tools necessary to be successful once they leave college
The truth is that the NCAA needs to put on the appearance that they care, because the truth is that they need these athletes to generate millions of dollars of revenue through television contracts, arena tickets, and concession sales.
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Also why is the President of the United States, Barrack Obama, claiming that women don’t get fair payment for equal work and that women need to be paid more and be paid for maternity leave and leave for taking care of a sick parent? Why is the government once again attacking business owners? Why doesn’t the government go after Hollywood or the WNBA, neither of these businesses pay women the same as their male counterparts. I bet I don’t have to explain why, there is a pay difference in the WNBA compared to the NBA and I’m sure you know why Tom Cruise, Will Smith, Denzel Washington, make more than Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, and Drew Barrymore. Where is the outcry about the difference in pay in Hollywood and WNBA?
Statistically speaking if people only look at all men and all women in the workforce it makes sense why men would make more money, because less men have to take off of work because of pregnancy. Men don’t have to leave the workforce to have a child, recover from the birth, and raise the child. Returning to the workforce after having a baby is even more difficult if the woman is a single parent. Even if you only look at the same occupations, you will see men making more money because more men will be able to stay in the workforce, gain more experience in that occupation and thus be paid more.
The question is, does the government have a right to force employers to pay women paid maternity leave and paid leave to take care of a child or parent? Is the government our parent, with the ability to tell us how to run our lives and our businesses? I know we want all people to be treated equally but there is more than just one type of party involved, there are employees and employers. There are a lot of business owners out there, small, medium, and large businesses that may not be able to afford to pay all of their female employees to have a child, recover, take care of the child and then return to work. Think of how expensive it is to pay a regular employee for their services, could you imagine paying for employees that are not performing their job, holding their job, recruiting a temporary replacement, and paying the replacement. Remember equal treatment goes both ways and employers have the right to hire and offer salaries whatever way they deem fit for their organization. If we allow the government to control how businesses run we will see more negative consequences than positive ones. Government controls and regulations make it expensive for businesses to start and continue running. The more government controls then less businesses will be started, more businesses will go out of business and more people will be out of work. If more people become unemployed then less people able to purchase houses and property taxes are major sources for the funding of our schools. So that means less resources for schools, more school closures, and less educated kids than it would be with more businesses operating. There of course will be more negative consequences for increasing government controls on businesses and if somone disagrees please respond and let me know how government controls produce more positive results than negative ones.
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