Greed seems to be the common denominator for most pro sports players, owners and leagues. There are some exceptions. After the recent earthquake/tsunami disaster in Japan, several pro athletes/teams (mostly of Japanese ancestry) such as Ichiro Suzaki of the Seattle Mariners ($1.24 Mil), Ryuji Imada, a pro golfer will donate $1,000 per birdie he makes in this week's Transitions Championship and the NY Yankee organization ($100,000).
With the millions that most pro athletes make, all of them could afford a token donation (it would be a tax write-off anyway) of say 5% of their 2011 salary. Based on the salaries that MLB paid their players in 2010, that would make a wonderful donation of roughly $135 Million to the relief effort. I believe if all pro sports followed some kind of formula similar to this a sizable amount of money could be raised to truly help the devastated people of Japan.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
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