A problem? It's more than a problem, buddy. Why does everybody else on the team have a guaranteed salary of at least $$30,000$ more than their base pay? And you're giving us a measly $$2,500?$ Ill say we have a problem! Our $-$ are just as high as anybody else's on the team, and you know it$!$

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I$\text{'}$m sorry the league pay seems to you. I compared the salaries in our club with the salaries in several other clubs, and, overall, the players on our team have higher than the players on the other teams.

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