I probably shouldn't even go there but I will: A big pet peeve of mine is when some professional athletes call the people who own and run the teams they play on, "big, fat, old, white men/slave owners," when those same owners pay some of those players' up to and beyond $30,000,000 per year to "play" a game. That adds up to $82,191.78 per day and $2,500,000 per month.
I would have loved to have played and worked for those guys anytime.
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