That's Just Sad
Saturday morning, the Dallas Morning News carried a story titled Soccer players are starving artists this morning. It’s centered around Dominic Oduro, a developmental player for FC Dallas. A couple of points it brings up:
- Oduro spends 1/3 of his monthly income on rent (not including utilities—and that’s sharing the apartment with a teammate.
- He cooks for himself and “eats rice and some kind of stew with vegetables and plantains. Once in a while, he eats chicken.”
- He takes on extra jobs to help cover expenses, often taking two coaching jobs a day.
Perhaps most telling was a chart at the end of the article comparing the wages of some other jobs to the $12,500 that a developmental player like Oduro makes:
| Job position | Avg. salary |
|---|---|
| Cooks, fast food | $14,920 |
| Waiters, waitresses | $15,060 |
| Cashiers | $17,620 |
| Parking lot attendants | $17,710 |
| Janitors and cleaners | $18,160 |
That’s just sad.
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