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Stinky The Clown

(67,786 posts) Tue Jul 21, 2020, 12:00 AM Jul 2020

I'm a sports fan, particularly baseball. But why do the players get tested a LOT and we don't?

Really. What the fuck?

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I'm a sports fan, particularly baseball. But why do the players get tested a LOT and we don't? (Original Post) Stinky The Clown Jul 2020 OP

Cuz.....{wait for it}.......... OAITW r.2.0 Jul 2020 #1

I know. MontanaMama Jul 2020 #2

The great god sports. Srkdqltr Jul 2020 #3

Money, money, money... RockRaven Jul 2020 #4

Money, yes. But also, the players have a union. Yavin4 Jul 2020 #5

They are doing more to entertain me than I am doing LisaM Jul 2020 #6

Stinky, old buddy, I'm not a sports fan and even I know those guys are worth a LOT more $$$$... Hekate Jul 2020 #7

Because they have a union and because the owners pay for it obamanut2012 Jul 2020 #8

Many replies citing money as the issue. It is not. It is the tests themselves. Stinky The Clown Jul 2020 #9

OAITW r.2.0

(24,449 posts)

1. Cuz.....{wait for it}..........

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Tue Jul 21, 2020, 12:02 AM

Jul 2020

money!

MontanaMama

(23,307 posts)

2. I know.

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Tue Jul 21, 2020, 12:03 AM

Jul 2020

Baseball is the only sport I love. This isn’t okay. The fact that they get tested a lot and we can’t get a test if we need one is ridiculous.

Srkdqltr

(6,271 posts)

3. The great god sports.

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Tue Jul 21, 2020, 12:09 AM

Jul 2020

RockRaven

(14,958 posts)

4. Money, money, money...

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Tue Jul 21, 2020, 12:26 AM

Jul 2020

That's the only reason.

Yavin4

(35,433 posts)

5. Money, yes. But also, the players have a union.

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Tue Jul 21, 2020, 12:27 AM

Jul 2020

Having a union protects you.

LisaM

(27,801 posts)

6. They are doing more to entertain me than I am doing

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Tue Jul 21, 2020, 02:43 AM

Jul 2020

for them. And they are taking a risk to do it, while I stay home for the most part.

I'm okay with it, but really, we shouldn't be pitting citizens against each other. We should have more tests.

Let me add, I don't necessarily think the baseball players should be prioritized over bus drivers or grocery store workers and so on, but I don't care if they get in the line ahead of me.

Hekate

(90,642 posts)

7. Stinky, old buddy, I'm not a sports fan and even I know those guys are worth a LOT more $$$$...

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Tue Jul 21, 2020, 03:08 AM

Jul 2020

...than you and me.

And that’s the truth.

obamanut2012

(26,068 posts)

8. Because they have a union and because the owners pay for it

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Tue Jul 21, 2020, 09:52 AM

Jul 2020

Some places test their staff a lot, on their own dime.

No one wants to pay for the rest of us.

Stinky The Clown

(67,786 posts)

9. Many replies citing money as the issue. It is not. It is the tests themselves.

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Tue Jul 21, 2020, 10:47 AM

Jul 2020

Civilians wait crazy long for results - when they can actually GET tested - but sports teams get them over and over again and have fast results.

THAT is the basis of my What The Fuck.

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