XPost: rec.arts.tv, alt.fan.letterman   
   From: janeanddano@yahoo.com   
      
   Barry Margolin wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   > "Dano"  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Twibil wrote:   
   >>> On May 13, 1:16 pm, "Obveeus"  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> However, the list of people getting $30+million severance pay and   
   >>>> still 'slamming' their former employer is quite short.   
   >>>   
   >>> Um, so is the list of people who've ever had $30+million severance   
   >>> packages; not to mention that the list of people who've been   
   >>> throughly screwed over before being given those $30+million   
   >>> packages is even shorter yet.   
   >>>   
   >>> Do you suppose there could be a connection there?   
   >>   
   >> I don't know.  It's just really hard for me to consider getting over   
   >> 30 million bucks is somehow (ANYHOW) "getting screwed".  If anyone   
   >> on the planet can be considered overpaid, it's this guy.   
   >   
   > Everything's relative.  If you were expecting to make something like   
   > $50 million over the next 5 or 10 years, along with having one of the   
   > most prestigious jobs in TV, $30 million and a job on a cable network   
   > is a huge step down.  Regardless of what you think of the guy, he got   
   > screwed out of tens of millions of dollars that he was promised.   
      
   He got everything he was contractually entitled to.  There ARE no guarantees   
   in this life.  Was this a major disappointment for him?  Sure.  He's still a   
   young man.  If he is as talented as you and he think he is...he'll still   
   make his millions.  If his popularity supports that of course.  That   
   certainly remains to be seen.  NBC F'ed up by giving out that contract in   
   the first place.   
      
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