Pacioretty suspended for three games
Max Pacioretty has been suspended for three games as a punishment for his hit on a Penguins player on the weekend. This also means he doesn’t get paid for those games, so loses about the annual salary of an average worker ($26,351.34).
David Tighe 09:42 on 2011/11/29 Permalink
It depends on what you mean by a worker. I think we are are all workers nowadays and if so our average salary is just over 44 000$. Is a hockey player a blue collar worker as a matter of interest?
Kate 11:03 on 2011/11/29 Permalink
I meant workers, not management or business owners.
Beeper 11:31 on 2011/11/29 Permalink
I think workers make more than that.
Marc 14:11 on 2011/11/29 Permalink
So business owners and management types are not workers (employees, have a job), right?
Josh 14:12 on 2011/11/29 Permalink
What’s the relevance of the salary he’ll forgo? He gets paid what he’s worth on the open market, just like movie stars, academics and CEOs.
Kate 14:21 on 2011/11/29 Permalink
Josh, I just thought the money was an interesting bit of trivia.
ant6n 15:01 on 2011/11/29 Permalink
If you consider a “worker” in this context is somebody without a University or college degree, then 26K is not that far off source.
It’s an interesting point that this is a penalty fee that at first sight feels like a hefty speeding ticket in gravity – but then you realize how much money it is for us ‘normal’ people. Tells us something about the difference between those ‘movie stars, academics and CEOs’ and normal folks.
Maybe citing the ‘open market’ is a bit moot, because (as O’Leary says) money doesn’t judge; the market has no moral center. But we as a society, should.