Super Bowl!!

[Ertai]

I can't believe it!  They scored!

Haha. Right? I give it to them. It was a good drive.

[Birdbrain]

Football in general has no point anyway. What do you gain from sitting for hours watching people beat each other up over what? Points? What are these points used for anyway? Does it extend there life or something? Football players are overpayed for doing absolutely nothing that benefits people

What about all these poor people who can't even afford a nutritious meal? The starving and war ravaged people in Sudan? How the hell do yet benifet from the Super Bowl? It's all a bunch of frivolous useless Bulls**t that doesn't benifet needy people in anyway. F*** I hate the Super Bowl, and I hate the overhyped overpayed nonsense that doesn't do a F***ing thing for anyone who needs it! The Super Bowl (not the players though, I'm not cursing them) can go to h*ll!

The NFL contributes hundreds of millions of dollars to charity each year? How much do you contribute?

same can be said to you

[Ertai]

Who would have thought the Seahawks would have scored again?

[Birdbrain]

Well. I'm quitting magic than

[Spencer Addington]

Well. I'm quitting magic than

Doubt it...

[Ertai]

Well. I'm quitting magic than

Doubt it...

This

[Birdbrain]

Also, those are big companies. The backbone of the economy is small business, if the farmers can't grow crops, then Doritos will fail. If farmers can't grow crops, or raise cattle, than we won't have food to eat. The economy is circling the drain

[Ertai]

Also, those are big companies. The backbone of the economy is small business, if the farmers can't grow crops, then Doritos will fail. If farmers can't grow crops, or raise cattle, than we won't have food to eat. The economy is circling the drain

How old are you?

[Ertai]

The Seahawks suck.  They couldn't get one more td together for a nice even 50. 

I think they should have put the whole 3rd string line get some play time not just the QB. Would have been a nice gesture.

[Mikefrompluto]

Also, those are big companies. The backbone of the economy is small business, if the farmers can't grow crops, then Doritos will fail. If farmers can't grow crops, or raise cattle, than we won't have food to eat. The economy is circling the drain

I don't have a horse in this race and I'm not taking sides, but I just want to point out that Magic: the Gathering is owned by Wizards of the Coast, which is owned by Hasbro Inc. Which is a big company.

[Apathy Reactor]

Well, i was rooting for the Broncos but they didn't do too well... ill just go back to playing Spartan Bowl

[Gorzo]

Also, those are big companies. The backbone of the economy is small business, if the farmers can't grow crops, then Doritos will fail. If farmers can't grow crops, or raise cattle, than we won't have food to eat. The economy is circling the drain

I don't have a horse in this race and I'm not taking sides, but I just want to point out that Magic: the Gathering is owned by Wizards of the Coast, which is owned by Hasbro Inc. Which is a big company.

I'm not taking sides either (though I admit I think entertainers are overpaid in general) but I'd like to mention "De gustibus non est disputandem es," that the arguing/insults over matters of personal taste are incredibly pointless and without precedent. There's nothing wrong with enjoying sports, and there's nothing wrong with hating them, but please remain civil, there's no need to instigate.

Anyway, back on topic. I didn't get to actually watch the game this year, since I was at a prerelease all night playing magic like the glorious nerd that I am. But it sounds like I didn't miss much. How was half time? I like the Chili Peppers, but I heard they were going to cover Van Halen? I like Halen too, but I can't picture RHCP doing them lol.

[Apathy Reactor]

Also, those are big companies. The backbone of the economy is small business, if the farmers can't grow crops, then Doritos will fail. If farmers can't grow crops, or raise cattle, than we won't have food to eat. The economy is circling the drain

also, you do realize that farming is a huge billion dollar industry in the USA, and many farms are owned and operated by big businesses?

[Mattao19]

Very well said

[Spencer Addington]

I just want to address one point: the notion of "overpaid" and "underpaid."

For those of us who live in America, this is a market economy. Prices and salaries are dictated by what someone is willing to pay or take. If someone will pay an athlete $20,000,000.00 a year to "throw a ball around," then he's clearly worth that sum of money to someone. Someone set his value at that and by accepting the salary, he agreed to that figure.

If you refuse a job at Wal-Mart because they only pay $10/hour, someone else will fill the opening. That job isn't "underpaid;" it's set at exactly the right price, because the employer is willing to pay it, and someone is willing to take it. If you feel you're worth more, find an employer who agrees.

And like it or not, by accepting that Wal-Mart job, that person has implicitly set their own worth at $10/hour, at least until they find someone willing to pay them more.

If Magic terms help, let's look at that Karn Liberated I mentioned on the Price thread: He's listed at over $50. The shop offered me $17. Muggy offered me $35. How much is he "worth?" The answer is: he's worth whatever I can get for him. If I set his price at $100 and no one will take it, he literally wasn't worth that. On the other hand, the shop said he wasn't worth more than $17 and Muggy proved he was by offering twice that figure. That's the market at work.

And remember, it has no intrinsic value; it's a piece of flimsy cardboard with a picture on it. But to Magic players, that card matters, just as to fans and owners, players like Michael Jordan matter. His only skill was basketball, but it was enough to those willing to pay. And if they will give him millions, he has every right to that money. He is not "overpaid," or they wouldn't have paid it.

If just like to point out that it's a mixed economy because government controls minimum wage.