Tue, 16 Aug 1994 06:31:05 -0700 for <socgrad@UCSD.EDU>
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 1994 08:18:30 -0500 (CDT)
From: Andrew Regan <apregan@cwis.unomaha.edu>
Subject: Sports and Sociology
To: Michael Gibbons <mgibbons@cwis.unomaha.edu>
In regards to Gibbons recent post about the salaries professional sports
players command,  I think that one of the goals or values in our
capitalistic society is the one of "instant gratification."  people will
pay large amounts of money to feed this hunger.   Whether it be a bag of
pot, or a day at the ballpark...people will pay loads of money for it. 
The owners of large drug cartels, as well as the participants in the
selling of drugs make money off of one thing...the hunger of instant
gratification.  One reason why teachers don't make much money is because
education is a timely venture.   Education is also an investment in the
future, which is much different than watching a baseball game or smoking a
bowl, in that the baseball game satisfies the fans love of the game in
the present time.   I am beginning to ramble here so someone take off on
this....:)  

Drew