USA Today - Marshall made $1.482 Million

[DUShock]

All this will be mute point when the Zombie Apocalypse occurs

THis should help:nightmare:

Mute vs Moot? My money is on moot. After all the question is moot!

[tw805]

You didn't originate the Pet Rock idea did you? Wished I had thought of that one.

I think the kinds of rocks he's talking about really do go for $50. He must be dropping hints.

[SubGod22]

Come on Eagle. If someone is the CEO of a multi-billion dollar company that's being run well and increasing profits, I'd think he'd be worth the millions. Put some average joe there and the company goes bankrupt and thousands lose their job.

Just because you don't NEED something doesn't mean you shouldn't buy it if you want it and can afford it. Our economy works better that way.

[Kung Wu]

I'mnot talking just about coaches or AD's. I'm talking about anybody. CEO's of big companys are not worth millions of dollars a year salories and many millions of dollars worth of bonoses every year, period. There is noway you can justify that. I'm 72 years old and I have lived the life and survived and I didn't need a million dollars to do it. Now i'm on S.S income and a retirement check and can hardly afford to buy gasoline,am I bitter? Not really. I couldn't spend a million dollars a year if I had it. If you can you're spending money on stuff you don't really need. I could go on and on but I wont,because people who think they are worth that are just plain greedy.

If I told you there was only one guy that has the political clout, connections, and experience to keep a company employing 30,000 people in your county from going overseas and the ability to keep the company profitable so that those 30,000 wouldn't lose their jobs while he's at the helm, would he be worth $1,000,000 to your community?

[kcshocker11]

Mute vs Moot? My money is on moot. After all the question is moot!

yes yes yes you are so correct, excuse me while I load the shotguns

[shockdude]

Moot is the most misused word in the english language. It actually means 'worthy of debate' - which is the exact opposite of the way it is used everywhere.
Just in case you are wondering I am not a nerd. I am a very cool guy.

[ShockTalk]

Moot is the most misused word in the english language. It actually means 'worthy of debate' - which is the exact opposite of the way it is used everywhere.
Just in case you are wondering I am not a nerd. I am a very cool guy.

Is that a moot point?

[ShockTalk]

Per Merriam-Webster: adj, deprived of practical significance : made abstract or purely academic.

1. The court ruled that the issue is now moot because the people involved in the dispute have died.
2. I think they were wrong, but the point is moot. Their decision has been made and it can't be changed now.

[1972Shocker]

Moot is the most misused word in the english language.

Maybe, but I think on sports message boards the most misused word is loose in place of lose. The bottom line is you generally know what a poster means.

[Kung Wu]

Moot is the most misused word in the english language. It actually means 'worthy of debate' - which is the exact opposite of the way it is used everywhere.

Dang, I thought it was a body of water surrounding a Scandinavian house.

[Rocky Mountain Shock]

Maybe, but I think on sports message boards the most misused word is loose in place of lose. The bottom line is you generally know what a poster means.

Or to, too, and two. Or worst of all, they're, their, and there. Those drive me crazy.

[WuDrWu]

I didn't realize you had a house in Scandinavia......I have forwarded this information to the SASO department. They will be expecting your call to increase your yearly commitment.

[1972Shocker]

Or to, too, and two. Or worst of all, they're, their, and there. Those drive me crazy.

What you really mean is I drive you crazy! :biggrin-new:

[Rlh04d]

Just think logically out of your little box for a minute. Market values may show that someone is worth that much. However, that doesn't change Eagle's opinion that no one is worth that much.

My little box is the fundamental foundation of economic thought, the free market, and capitalism.

Versus an opinion.

Which is the little box?

As I said, anyone is welcome to their opinion. If I were to state that in my opinion, anyone making less than a million a year is unimportant, that would be an opinion too. Would you not argue it and just say "well, okedokey, that's an opinion, and entirely as valid as any other" ?

"Worth" is an empty word. How do I know you're worth what you make? That he's worth his social security check? If you want to get into abstract thought, I'll argue that no person's "worth" is determined by their income.

I will argue that, economically speaking, people are "worth" whatever the market is willing to pay them. You are more than welcome to have an opinion to the contrary, but in the grand scheme of things, that opinion will be "worth" almost nothing, because it's backed by nothing but gut feeling and bitterness to people that make more than you.

[Rlh04d]

At some point, it makes more since to let a coach take his 26 wins and his 3 million dollar salary to another institution, and replace him with a young, eager, up-and-comer who will win 22 games and due it for 500k. The baseball program is one example.

Absolutely.

Winning 22 games is not easy, though. Young, eager, up-and-comer's who are capable of winning 22 games at WSU and only want $500k are not easy to find. You're far more likely to find a young, eager, up-and-comer for $500k that is in over his head and collapses the basketball program and we win 11 games.

How many times in the last few decades has WSU won 22 games in a season? You act like it's something we do every single year. Marshall's only done it three out of the five years. People have been spoiled by Marshall .. yes, he's done it three times. Turgeon did it twice in seven seasons. Prior to that, you have to go back to 86-87 when Fogler coached us to 22-11. You act like coaches that can take WSU to 22 wins grow on trees ... why have we only had 5 22 win seasons in 25 years?

There's definitely a point where taking a risk on a younger, eager, up-and-comer is worth the gamble. But that gamble probably won't pay off, and if it does, he'll only be making $500k, so either we'll have to immediately jack his contract up over a million or he'll be gone at the end of the season anyway.