The Process

[Don Ho]

Of course not, these gazillionares are all heart.

Live Like Zion!! 

[Rome]

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/sixers-josh-harris-pay-cuts-decision-reversed-joel-embiid-coronavirus-20200324.html#loaded

This is seriously one of the best pieces of sports journalism I've ever read. 

[Don Ho]

Oh My God!

If we assume that the Sixers' at-will payroll is, at most, $35 million annually, then reducing that total by 20% would mean a savings of, at most, $7 million. According to the team, the reductions will begin on April 15 and run through June 30, for a total of 10 weeks of pay, or 20% of the year. Which would mean that the actual cost savings is 20% of $7 million, or $1.4 million.

Now, let's pause for a moment to let that number sink in.

$1.4 million.

That's roughly the amount the Sixers would pay Al Horford for four games. It's less than twice the amount that they will have paid Trey Burke not to play for them by the end of the regular season. It's roughly 1/15th of the amount that they spent this offseason on a new scoreboard.

I spit up my pineapple juice when I read the Al Horford part.

[ice grillin you]

you can put it in much more draw dropping perspective than that because very few people comprehend how much a billion dollars is

so the sixers top three stakeholders are worth 10 billion

the sixers have under 400 employees but let's be nice and raise it up to an even 400

they could pay each of those employees ten thousand dollars a month for the next twenty years and it wouldn't equal ONE billion dollars

and that isn't counting profit for those stakeholders over those twenty years or counting the 9 other stakeholders in the team

[PhillyPhreak54]

The epitome of greed right there.

Josh Harris and Scott O'Neil can get farged

[ice grillin you]

I'll give O'Neil credit in that he came and pretty loudly said they farged up big

[MDS]

is there a bigger water carrier for anything than you for the sixers

this includes me for tv ratings

[ice grillin you]

I despise their front office but show me a corporation who has had that forceful of an apologetic blame taking after something like that and immediately

[MDS]

the fact that the thought entered their ghoulish brains tells you everything you need to know about them

its not dan snyder but its close

[ice grillin you]

I understand you are entrenched in hot take fake outrage culture but not everything has to be the best or worst...try bringing some nuance into things...you will live a much happier life

[phattymatty]

top 5 apology all time?

[ice grillin you]

i dont think there have even been five so yes

[MDS]

I understand you are entrenched in hot take fake outrage culture but not everything has to be the best or worst...try bringing some nuance into things...you will live a much happier life

whats the nuance in some rich icehole screwing over working people to try to save a few pennies. then releasing some bullshtein whoopsie statement.

your real character shows during times like this and the real character of the owner of the sixers is to be a bottomless, soulless pit of money. maybe he should buy an nfl team or work for the ncaa.

[General_Failure]

He can't afford an NFL team if he has to keep paying these freeloaders.

[phattymatty]

jojo not getting enough credit for this.  his 500K donation statement was a huge FU to josh harris. baller move.  been a rough few months in my head but i'm back to loving him.