Professional sports draw about 6% of all television households
(80,000,000 in the US times 2 .3 people per family and 1-2 hours per week
per viewer. Are you saying that if people spent as much time in museums as
they do with their TVs salaries would not be higher?


On Tue, 22 Jul 1997, Dill, Christopher L wrote:

>      It seems to me that the proposition that because
>      athletes get paid big $, Museum folk ought to emulate
>      their tactics to get higher wages is silly.  SOME
>      athletes get paid big $, but there are thousands more
>      in the "minors" or other lesser levels of many sports
>      who get paid very little.  I suppose there are some
>      "superstar" museum folk who get paid big $, too.  If we
>      really want to emulate another profession, we should
>      figure out which ones consistently get paid big $ at
>      ALL levels - doctors?  lawyers?  certainly not
>      educators.  We need to be perceived as vital, not as
>      superstars.
>
>      Chris Dill
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