the word salary comes from the Latin
Salaria the Latin word solarium meaning
soul modern sources say let’s do the
fact that at one point in time soldiers
were given an allowance for the purchase
of salt or salt supplies another unique
and creative way of thing was how in
ancient China troops could use their
knives as a means of currency troops
could use their knives as a means of
currency because of the metals in these
knives such as 10 copper or steel
there’s been many unique and creative
ways of paying over the years but the
fact that people have been paid has
never changed having a salary provides
the money necessary to provide for you
and/or your family so if money talks
what are we saying about who we value
more first we will start off with the
basics of athletes pay the average NBA
player earns 5 million dollars annually
which even it which isn’t even as
lucrative as some of the special
contracts in the NBA lebron james earns
30 million dollars annually which shows
the trust that the cleveland cavaliers
have put in them to lead their team
towards success not even the players but
the teams and franchises in general are
worth tons of money the New York Knicks
are worth an estimate three billion
dollars if they were on the market today
so let’s put that in comparison against
people we say we value as heroes the
average NBA player earns five million
dollars per year so the average police
officer earning fifty thousand dollars
per year NBA players must compete
against one other and help their team
while police officers must protect us on
a local and regional level while being
in very dangerous situations so I ask
does this mean that we value athletes
more than our own police force another
unfair comparison in the sports world in
today’s society is what NBA coaches make
in comparison to public school teachers
em biet well they teach different
subjects for different people they’re
both teachers and have the same goal of
educating their students however NBA
coach Gregg Popovich turns 11 million
dollars per year in comparison to the
average public school teacher earning
forty five thousand dollars per year
does this say that we value NBA coaches
more than our own
public school teachers a comparison
outside of the sports world but still in
today’s society is what experience Wall
Street traders earn in comparison to
experienced army generals an experienced
Wall Street trader must take a must take
care of our finances and businesses
finances well an experienced army
general has to protect us on a national
level does this say that we value Wall
Street traders more than our own
military personnel lastly for my
comparisons I compare woman I compare
women athletes in comparison to men’s
athletes specifically the WNBA versus
the NBA they play the same sport under
the same rules and basically the same
cities but yet they’re paid much
differently with the average NBA player
earning five million dollars per year to
the average public school teacher
earning seventy five thousand dollars
per year does the show that we value
men’s jobs more than more than women’s
jobs even for the same profession and
was such a controversial statement is
that we as a society I’ve tried to fix
this before in 2009 former President
Barack Obama filed and signed on the
lilly Ledbetter Act which gave one min
proper representation in court they’ll
protect them from unfair pay in their
workplace so ashley i’d like to end on a
final question if money talks who do we
really value as heroes thank you [Applause]