DooMBoy Posted October 22, 2003 According to this news, tall people earn $789 a year more than their shorter counterparts. Heh. 0 Share this post Link to post
sargebaldy Posted October 22, 2003 $789 more on average per inch, you mean. damn, i'm only about average height :P actually, it says the average is only 5'9 for guys so i'm a good 2 or 3 inches over. 0 Share this post Link to post
Electro Posted October 22, 2003 Erm, I weight 310lbs, Does this count? 0 Share this post Link to post
DooMBoy Posted October 22, 2003 Job said:Hoorj for being 6' 3". I happen to be 6'3" myself. :P 0 Share this post Link to post
AndrewB Posted October 22, 2003 Nice to be a medium-sized thin person. 0 Share this post Link to post
DOOM Anomaly Posted October 22, 2003 Hooray for High-Heels, platforms and Stuffing shoes! :D 0 Share this post Link to post
DooMBoy Posted October 22, 2003 Heh, reading that sentence or two on basketball players brings forth a question I've been wanting to ask: Is it just me, or am I the only one who finds it just a tad silly that really tall black and white men are paid millions of dollars a year just to play basketball? 0 Share this post Link to post
Dunbar Posted October 22, 2003 DooMBoy said:Heh, reading that sentence or two on basketball players brings forth a question I've been wanting to ask: Is it just me, or am I the only one who finds it just a tad silly that really tall black and white men are paid millions of dollars a year just to play basketball? It's silly that they get paid millions of dollars to play a GAME, while hard working joes across the country go hungry each night even after working a full day's work. Oh, and the fact that their height can get them that sort of money is dumb. Do they even go by skill in the NBA anymore? Last time I checked they just keep trying to train the tallest people they can find to put a ball in a hoop. 0 Share this post Link to post
IMJack Posted October 22, 2003 Dunbar said:It's silly that they get paid millions of dollars to play a GAME, while hard working joes across the country go hungry each night even after working a full day's work. Oh, and the fact that their height can get them that sort of money is dumb. Do they even go by skill in the NBA anymore? Last time I checked they just keep trying to train the tallest people they can find to put a ball in a hoop. These people aren't athletes, they're entertainers. They get paid a lot by their owners because people will pay their owners a lot to watch them perform. 0 Share this post Link to post
Grazza Posted October 22, 2003 I often wonder about basketball... How would a team of the world's best basketball players under six feet in height fare against a team of seven-footers who were total newcomers (with, say, just a week's training)? 0 Share this post Link to post
Livo Posted October 22, 2003 Depends on the sponsorship deals doesn't it? 0 Share this post Link to post
sargebaldy Posted October 22, 2003 the seven footers would get their ass kicked, i'm quite certain. height matters, but skill matters a lot more. 0 Share this post Link to post
Ralphis Posted October 22, 2003 Michael Jordon wasn't all that tall was he? 0 Share this post Link to post
sargebaldy Posted October 22, 2003 he was 6'6. really that's about the best height for a basketball player, or maybe a couple inches taller. by the time you hit 7 foot people often have trouble running very fast, probably because your legs are so long at the point you don't have as good balance. obviously you can dunk easier but the little guys are going to run circles around you and probably get a lot of fast breaks. if we were talking the best WHITE basketball players under 6 feet and some random BLACK guys over 6 feet who had never heard of basketball until a week before the game, well. i'd put my money on the n00bs :P 0 Share this post Link to post
SteelPH Posted October 22, 2003 I'm 6'5", I tower over you all, muwahahahaha!!! 0 Share this post Link to post
Bloodshedder Posted October 22, 2003 Anyone else here ever heard of Muggsy Bogues? 0 Share this post Link to post
sargebaldy Posted October 22, 2003 yes, as well as spud webb although muggsy was far cooler imo. did he ever manage to dunk it? :P 0 Share this post Link to post
fodders Posted October 22, 2003 If you ARE tall and earning the riches you deserve, go check out where your salary puts you in the Global rich list :) I am the 43,302,445 richest person in the world. But don't tell my wife! 0 Share this post Link to post
Sharessa Posted October 22, 2003 How is this news? My math teacher told me this in 8th grade. 0 Share this post Link to post
Sharessa Posted October 22, 2003 fodders said:If you ARE tall and earning the riches you deserve, go check out where your salary puts you in the Global rich list :) I am the 43,302,445 richest person in the world. But don't tell my wife! "Sorry, if you earn less than $90 a year we are unable to calculate your position on the richlist. If this is the case you would be one of the billions of people who earn less than $2 a day. Typically you would also not have access to a computer or an Internet connection." Heh... :( 0 Share this post Link to post