(July 19, 2014 at 10:37 am)LastPoet Wrote: It is too bad so many good portuguese researchers don't earn nearly as much as he does. That is an offense to all that we are, that people that work hard in science for all that we have and will have, to earn a penny compared to a jock, that just happens to be good at a game. I can value Ronaldo for an athlete, but I value circus clowns more.
I agree, but then again, sports teams are private entities, they can pay whatever they want as long as they make profit and don't bankrupt, scientists may not earn that much because maybe the profit is not that high or sometimes it can even be non profit research. The thing is the people are happy to watch football, it's entertaining so they always turn the TV or pay tickets, sports is great for fun, but not many are interested in paying for science research since our people sometimes lack basic culture.
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