Current NBA Players Break New Ground by Choosing to Fund Health Insurance for Retired NBA Players

Good stuff, the nfl and nhl should follow suit and if all else fails..move up to the great north

 

Are you serious or trolling?

 

Damned if they do, damned if they don't.

If they don't do it, players are SELFISH millionaires who only care about their own bank accounts. If they do, players are PANDERING SOCIALIST who are putting their money towards retired players who aren't in a great financial situation. Hmmm.

I don't see why anyone, outside of the active players who even have a problem with this effort. I honestly question other people's humanity.

 

In a reality of limited resources, who would you support? Those who have never had money or ex-millionaires?

If this move was all about supporting retired players financially, then why would the players with the longer tenures in the NBA, who should have earned more in their careers, have less out of pocket expenses than one who barely meets the cutoff? That seems almost counter-intuitive if financial support was their intention.

To me, this move seems more like a way to make the NBPA union stronger, which is what any union should do. By giving their members more benefits, more members buy in and participate making them have a stronger voice. The members with the best benefits are the ones with longer careers that'll have the strongest voices and most pull. Smart move by the NBPA.

 

Great Move!

 

This is nothing but an excellent move. For those complaining that millionaires should buy their own health insurance..well, they are. This isn't publicly funded through tax dollars. The players are paying themselves by way of an important measure. You never know when you'll need healthcare so they're taking care of themselves.

 

the real problem is that fans pay for them to make outrageous salaries..so "dont hate the player hate the game" sort of thing...Whatever they do with that money after, is their right..as long as it's not negative, what's the issue?

 

Because people are self absorbed ***** sometimes and most of the times.

 

It's not charity per se, they recognize past players have "paved the way and made the league popular". The history angle which NBA promotes creates a mystique about records and achievements. The past players do add a great value to the league both in its growth throughout the decades and NBA's image today.

Moreover, with the meteoric salary jump the players got this year, they might be hearing or feeling lots of jealousy. They might not even be used to earning suddenly such a huge check, and might feel a lil guilty compared to the past greats who might have earned a tiny fraction. It's a good time to wrap shoulders and shut them up.

I'm thinking about those grumpy 70s players who end up being mailmen and the like after retiring.

 

Because most retired NBA players aren't millionaires. With the salaries the current players make, going forward basically all players will be millionaires unless they go bankrupt. But prior to this the Zan Tabaks and Pete Chillicuts of the world did not leave the NBA millionaires.

And what the guy above me said too. They are paying for this out of their own salaries. They aren't asking for government assistance.