graduated at the bottom of his class?” Of course the quick thinkers among us had the
obvious answer, “Doctor.” Then there
was a similar question about the officer who graduated from West Point, “How
does a soldier reply to an officer who graduated last in his class?” Without hesitation, “Sir!” or “Yes, sir!”
Well I hadn’t thought about this one regarding sports
figures. What do you call the guy who
comes in last? You could include the
professional baseball player with the worst batting average in the league or
the entire football team that took the bottom position in the season’s end of
year standings. For most of us sitting
on the sidelines we should come up with the obvious answer, “Rich!” Maybe not super rich, like Bill Gates, but
rich nonetheless. Most of us would agree
that anyone who makes it to the major leagues (or PGA, NFL, NBA) is a whole lot
better off financially than us peons who cheer them on from afar.
If you’re interested in a more wordy dissertation on this
subject, while researching something completely unrelated to this subject I ran
across the following:
Life In TheLast Lane: What's It's Like To Be 'That Guy' In Last PlaceHere’s an excerpt:
The fact that this man also made a better living than 99% of the world was intriguing. When you're the worst player in a real professional sport, you're still better off than most people. Here he is, the worst in the PGA, and making at least a million dollars.
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