Posted Tuesday October 05, 2010, About: Jeter 'worth' $5 million a year?

Who cares? They could pay him a hundred million a year and still have a top ten payroll's worth left over for the rest of the team.

Posted Wednesday August 18, 2010, About: How viable are the FIBA World Championships?

Of course they word it so as to create a buzz - that's their job. No one cares about international play outside of maybe the Olympics, and they have to do something to generate page views.

Posted Thursday August 05, 2010, About: Johnson nearing highest-paid status earlier than expected

So they have long term security as long as they aren't don't suffer a career ending injury or experience a severe performance drop off? That is another way of saying they don't have long term security, which means that it is a big deal for them to be payed up to their current level of performance. That is, of course, what I said to begin with.

Posted Thursday August 05, 2010, About: Johnson nearing highest-paid status earlier than expected

The majority of NFL contracts are not guaranteed, so they don't provide any long term security, forcing the players to angle for proper compensation immediately. This is why there are so many more high profile contract disputes in the NFL than in other leagues.

Posted Monday August 02, 2010, About: What Revis demands in new Jets deal

Those NFL players still employed are apparently are worth the money they are paid, at least in the eyes of their employer, because they haven't been let go despite non-guaranteed contracts.

Structuring salaries like those in "real jobs" would break the competitive balance of the league, much like we've seen happen recently with the NBA, by allowing one or two teams to sign all of the top players at salaries well under market value. Attempting to institute such a system would not go over with the players, as you suggest; history tells us that it would likely result in successful antitrust action.

Kindly educate yourself to the realities of the situation before talking out of your ass on the internet in the future.