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Geordie
United Kingdom653 Posts
In other sports it is common knowledge for the general public to know how much someone is getting paid and the other details on the contract, it puzzles me as to why it's so taboo to ask about it in a scene which strives to be looked at in the same way as any other mainstream sport.  | ||
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docvoc
United States5491 Posts
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DanLee
Canada316 Posts
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BongChambers
Canada591 Posts
Asking how much someone makes in SC2 or BW or w/e is like the same thing as asking a woman what her age is. Its just not really polite and 95% of the time you wont even get a vauge answer. | ||
Adebisi
Canada1637 Posts
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Lyter
United Kingdom2145 Posts
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Perseverance
Japan2800 Posts
On September 12 2012 01:14 Adebisi wrote: Because its nothing worth bragging about in most cases. This and the post above me pretty much have it in a nutshell. If eSports ever explodes and becomes as big as traditional sports I am 100% sure this current trend with change for transparency. | ||
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QuanticHawk
United States32098 Posts
On September 12 2012 00:41 DanLee wrote: It's to prevent players from knowing exactly how much they could potentially be worth, which causes a whole bunch of problems for teams. mostly this. Look how players quickly gauge each other's salaries in other sports, and demand comparable pay. This keeps costs down. plus by not mentioning that most guys make peanuts, you don't ruin the hopes of some idiot college freshman gold league who dropped out to make it big! | ||
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Jaaaaasper
United States10225 Posts
On September 12 2012 03:23 QuanticHawk wrote: mostly this. Look how players quickly gauge each other's salaries in other sports, and demand comparable pay. This keeps costs down. plus by not mentioning that most guys make peanuts, you don't ruin the hopes of some idiot college freshman gold league who dropped out to make it big! Thats pretty much it. | ||
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RvB
Netherlands6261 Posts
They already knows eachothers salaries atleast I think Idra said something like that somewhere. | ||
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QuanticHawk
United States32098 Posts
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Gofarman
Canada646 Posts
On September 11 2012 23:55 Geordie wrote: Why do teams guard how much they pay their pros and the like so fiercely? In other sports it is common knowledge for the general public to know how much someone is getting paid and the other details on the contract, it puzzles me as to why it's so taboo to ask about it in a scene which strives to be looked at in the same way as any other mainstream sport. They really aren't that hard to find out, rumors and 'secrets' abound. The reason it isn't public knowledge or logged in on Liquipedia is because that first guy that reveals legitimate numbers is gonna be burned in return. Eventually the teams will come to a point where they want to reveal them, either through bragging rights or a reality check for the scene. | ||
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WolfintheSheep
Canada14127 Posts
On September 12 2012 03:23 QuanticHawk wrote: mostly this. Look how players quickly gauge each other's salaries in other sports, and demand comparable pay. This keeps costs down. plus by not mentioning that most guys make peanuts, you don't ruin the hopes of some idiot college freshman gold league who dropped out to make it big! It's been repeatedly stated by players on ITG and SotG that they all have a very good idea what everyone else makes. I imagine Koreans have a somewhat inflated view of foreigner salaries (based on some previous posts about...Golden and Sleep?), but that's due to communication barrier more than hiding secrets. | ||
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