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Re: [Phys-L] MOOC: Edx Offers Mechanics course by Prof.Walter Lewin




On 2013, Jun 20, , at 10:34, John Clement <clement@hal-pc.org> wrote:

If you go to an opera with a
star, the star gets a large salary for a few hours performance plus a
rehearsal. How much does a star athlete get/game? If you look at the
amount of training and preparation, Tysen may be overpriced compared to a
trained singer or dancer who has to continually work at their art. Tysen
merely has to write and deliver a lecture, and he probably has a number of
boilerplates ready. He may be underpaid relative to a star athlete.

The athletes must keep fit tho.

I viewed an archive of the SF Symp. strike of a few years ago wherein the presenter (Salinas local TV, naturely) derided that they "got" $165k and they wanted more! Ha! Most musicians good enuf for a major orchestra started < six and pr hours daily forever.

bc retired w/ > 1/2 that, so the musicians were not overpaid.