They're Smart and We're Dumb!

Ah, our real life superheroes, except.. well these guys get paid for doing it. Athletes making headlines by stretching their value and appearing on anything they can get their bodies onto. These guys may not have a degree in business or nursing, but football players are surely no dummies!

A pic of two typical dummies that rid of their money.

Did you ever wonder why these superstars get paid one of the highest salaries in the world?! It's because we fall into marketing schemes made to make us feel we are losers to not watch them perform. We support them on our television screens and at the ballpark. We will submit to these overpriced $5.00 sodas and hot-dogs, that make our wallets feel cold and empty, while people such as Peyton Manning, (Indianapolis Colts quarterback)  make $15.8 million dollars a year while there poor and hungry souls in this industrialized country! What's even more sad is the owners are looking to get a little more of that cut, because of higher cost of living, but how much more money do they want! Or could we see another players strike? -(now looking at it after today this situation seemingly has been resolved.)

Football player has style?

These guys not only get the big bucks to toss around and play with balls, they make themselves relevant by stealing other jobs in all forms of media. Men don't worry about aspiring to be models, Tom Brady is already on that cover of GQ (as pictured on right) for you and every other one is on a Budlight commercial.

The fact is these guys or their agents are brilliant because they are promoting the game and keeping it in the face of people all the time! Therefore, that's why I shall keep saying we are dumb and they are truly smart.

Artist need Vevo because of stars like Antoine Dodson

With technology getting more, well technical so does the stealing and freebies. The music industry has had it rough for the last decade due to the likes of inexpensive alternatives i-tunes and Youtube; or our free illegal buddy limewire.

The harsh reality of music sales

The money the artists are making is still a lot, but they have had to find new ways to attract the viewers to get their money for their tough competition.

Once upon a time, producers realized they couldn't delete every Youtube user's video that "so and so" uploaded which infringed upon their copyrights because their artists' song was being used without permission. Then they turned to get help from Vevo, a youtube music channel. There they can try to make it a big deal to watch Brittney Spears jiggle her way to 80 million views and watch Bieber say baby...baby...baby. The way they market it to make it such a big deal is by advertising the "WORLD PREMIERE" and catch it on this date. The money comes from the advertisers that make you sit through 30 seconds of their hopefully entertaining commercials. I feel this is their only hope before music videos won't mean a thing to the success of the artist, but who am I?

On the other hand, music artists not only compete for views or song purchases, but the fifteen minutes of fame youtube stars. Numerous stars have found fame on the website, from making their own song covers to selling merchandise, its ridiculous! I have to admit a lot of them I enjoy, but when will this end? Have you ever heard of Antoine Dodson?! Well OBVIOUSLY I am responsible for 1 million of the 80 million views that auto-tuned star has received!