There is no equivalency with a "common" job. I will never be offered $8 million for the job I do or a competing offer of $10 million. Sorry, when you are talking about that kind of money it comes down to ego and greed. God bless them for their given talents and they are free to do as they please. By rejecting the "hometown discount", this is what the players are telling me a fan: They are not happy with their current employer and indirectly the fans that follow the team.
"They are not happy with their current employer and indirectly the fans that follow the team." Any man that puts a City or Business over their family security and long term fiances for "Home Town Discount" needs their head examined.