Please sir, may I have some more?

"If I'm willing to play for five dollars a year" -Keyshawn Johnson in regards to playing for the Patriots.

Alright, this may look like a sports post, but it's really not. Attention: This is not a sports post!

What I'm dealing with here are two things that are most evident in professional sports (and may be a reason why many of my readers are uninterested in them) and at their base are closely related. The first is this:

What is it about "A little bit more?" There was a survey taken asking people what they would need financially to be happy. Across the board the most common answer was "Just a little bit more." People making under $20,000 to people in the six figures all said "Just a little bit more." So here are professional athletes, let's take David Givens for example (WR New England Patriots), who always need "Just a little bit more." Givens was offered 4 years $18.6 million from the Patriots. The Titans offered him 5 years, $25 million. That's $4.65 million per year from the Patriots, $5 million from the Titans. He went to the Titans. "Just a little bit more..." What can he do with $5 million per year that he couldn't do with $4.65? What is the extra $350,000 gonna get him? (Besides more taxes) It's 7% of what he's making. 7%! This leads nicely into the second issue (which is very closely related to the first):

Why go some place where you have no hope of winning for more money, when you can win some place for just a little bit less? Givens has no chance of winning the big game in Tennessee. His Quarterback (Steve McNair) is old in baseball standards (let alone football!). Wouldn't you work somewhere you enjoyed working for a little less rather than someplace you hated for 7% more?!

I get so infuriated when people buy into America in thinking that they need "Just a little more..." ESPECIALLY when they already have millions!

But that's just a little bit of my opinion!