RE: Professionalism and pay

["Pinkham, Jim" <Jim -dot- Pinkham -at- voith -dot- com>]

Or, as Babe Ruth famously quipped, when asked about making more than the
President (Hoover, I think): "I had a better year!" 

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Subject: RE: Professionalism and pay

Susan Hogarth wrote:
<That's an interesting theory, but it doesn't really explain why, for
instance, a baseball player would get paid more than a brain surgeon.>

Just a guess here, but maybe because baseball players have a shorter
career?  And baseball is an entertainment-driven industry?
And because they have to wear stupid uniforms and jock straps.

jan


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