Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for July 08, 2013

right after politicians

Oh yes, playing soccer!

Jealous much, Dad?

he should start a calvin ball league.get other kids in the neighborhood to form teams.

Pro sports in a nutshell!

His parents have weird taste in upholstered furniture design.

Athletes make more than politicians

Too late Calvin, you should have started when you were young.

Does that mean there’s hope after the first grade?

And boring!

Lawyers do it every day……the games are just different silly games.

Once someone pointed out to Babe Ruth that he was making more than the then-President Calvin Coolidge. Ruth said “He didn’t have such a good year last year, did he?”

In todays newspaper I read, a soccer player gave the referee a kick, the referee took a knive and killed the player, after that the spectators ran into the pitch and divided the referee in four parts! Fine!

It’s time for CALVIN BALL!!!

Actors? No one thought to mention actors? Talk about overpaid……

Practice makes perfect. Lol

People become actors and athletes because they don’t know what else to do. Just like any other career, there are those that rise to the top. If you look at all the people that claim the career, but end up in a life of odd jobs, you wouldn’t say they were all overpaid. Better odds in the lottery.

@Jeff H,That’s hilarious, as my 6 year old granddaughter would say.It appears that the Red Sox just went through the motions yesterday after that horrendous loss the night before. Lackey pitched well enough, though.

Calvin would be overpaid no matter how much he made.

Being overpaid is overrated.

What Dad said is “patently” obvious, especially from a patent attorney.

Calvin is like Maria Sharapova. I think he ‘serves’ too high.

what kind of a sport….calvin like ?

Sports Illustrated (weekly US sports magazine) a couple of issues ago profiled a volunteer referee at a high school soccer game who, after red-carding a player, was punched in the head by that player, ended up in a coma and passed away. So much for sportsmanship anymore.

Athletes only make that kind of money for one to ten years and then have no marketable skills for a respectable job for the rest of their lives. (Sports announcing and high school coaching document, not refute, this statement.) The entertainment industry offers longer tenure, but only if it is based on talent instead of a well-constructed payola campaign.

True athletes make more money than politicians, but they actaully have to work for it.

its a sad commentary on just one of the disappointments of the modern world today, unfortunately. do some real work!

No point griping about overpaid players unless you include the billionaire owners – all players have done is demand a share of the huge pie that is pro-sports – TV revenue, tickets, etc. And that in turn reflects fans who will pay for expensive seats, and watch the games (and advertising) that generate the huge revenues. And the cities that build sports arenas using public money so those billionaire owners don’t have to build their own arenas. It’s all a reflection that our society worships sports.

That’s Calvin… Always thinking about the cash.

LOL xxx

From reading the comments I am surprised you still have politicians?

thats a great question! the people that risk their lives everyday like soldiers,cops and firefighters should be making millions of dollars every year.plus they shouldn’t have to pay taxes.

We dont even go to the college games anymore either. We gave (donated) more and more each year and our assigned parking place got farther and farther away from the stadium. Drinks were $5.00 each and the bathroom was a long way away. I’ll stay home thank you.

being a pipe smokin’ sailor don’t pay squat!

Which makes no sense at all.

Little off the topic. Calvin trying to hit the ball with bat, reminds me of Kenny Rogers song. I cannot remember the title. Has to do with a boy playing baseball trying to hit the ball each time with a bat.

See reply to Kab Buch above.

MagicFan: What part of the promotion of “pan et circus, sans pan” diversion to be respectable?