Athletes Are Paid

Professional athletes in the United States are given extremely substantial contracts and lucrative endorsement deals and it has been argued that their salaries should be reduced to smaller wages but others say they are paid accordingly. The argument that athletes are overpaid not only exists in the United States but also all over the world. Most countries however do not have the variety of major sports that the U.S. has. When athletes are being paid millions of dollars each year, it raises an important discussion. This discussion is about how we value and compensate athletes and whether or not their salary is too much. This also leads to an argument asking if American priorities are altered by the significant difference of athletes

Many fans throughout the U.S. blame the high priced contracts on the athletes, but they are not the source of the problem. In a sense, the athletes are just getting their piece of the pie. What the athletes make

It is perfectly acceptable to demand CEO’s of a Fortune 500 company to pay for student’s college education or for healthcare, but when professional athletes are fairly compensated for their work they are ridiculed. There should not be this hypocrisy in the media and in people’s thinking. Athletes play for franchises that are worth billions. The NFL team with the highest net worth is the Dallas Cowboys at $4.2 billion and is owned by Jerry Jones who has a net worth of $5.6 billion. In the MLB the New York Yankees are estimated at $3.7 billion and the New York Nicks are the highest NBA team at $3.3 billion (Investopedia). If the athletes are paid less than they currently are, then the money would simply be kept by the owners and team

Almost every professional athlete is very wealthy. A professional athlete is a lot of people's dream job and pays well. A good part of the reason that athletes make the money that they make is due to sponsorships. A sponsorship is when a famous person receives money from a successful corporation that has advertisements. NBA sensation Lebron James is the kind of sponsorships. He gets sponsored by NIke,Sprite,Mcdonalds,Kia and a bunch of other multi million dollar corporations. Lebron James is one of the richest athletes in the world because of sponsorships and endorsements.

Even though professional athletes get paid a lot of money, they have put in many hours of extremely hard work. Without the high pay in pro level sports, athletes may not want to work as hard when they are younger, because they have nothing to look forward to. However, many citizens are trying to fight against athletes getting paid a lot of money, an try to lower their pay. Pro athletes aren't paid too much because they are more prone to get injured, their careers do not last very long, and they have worked and payed money their whole lives to get were they are now.

Professional athletes deserve nothing that they have today. All they do is sit on their bums and watch mindless tv like real Americans. Most people earn a wage that is incomparable to the pro athlete’s wages.

Athletes are only playing a few months out of the year and only play a limited number of games , with the exception of playing a few extra if moving on to play in a championship. Most athletes are getting paid ridiculous amounts for short term contracts; for example David Beckham is getting paid 25 million dollars a year for five years which is way more than the majority of people make in their whole life. All of these athletes are constantly getting themselves into drug and alcohol problems and continuing to get their large paycheck with what is only a small fine to them. (Hays) Many people try to argue that athletes are paid so much because they are at such high risk of getting injured. If these athletes are at such a high risk of getting injured then they consider going into a different field.

Athletes dedicate their lives to their sport and will do whatever it takes to get the results they want. They put themselves at risk every day to injuries that may cost them thousands of dollars. According

Athletes are paid higher than most people, whether they are deserved of it or not. Athletes are paid much higher than most people. These athletes make outrageous money compared to our everyday working human being. For example, Kobe Bryant recently earned $53 million in one year. As a public school teacher, I'd have to work for 964 years to match that income (Kim and Carew 1). This evidence shows that the average athlete even if they are not making the most in their league, they still make much more than average people. Therefore, with high salaries comes high responsibilities and some of these athletes don’t use their money responsibly. Many athletes go broke just years after their career is over. Three fourths of NFL players lose most of their

The first reason of my two is that athletes are only paid as much because it is us that pay them. We decide how much cash that an athlete makes every time we buy a ticket to their games,or a jersey with their names on the back. The people who watch the athletes are the ones that decide their paycheck.

Athletes get paid way too much money for playing a simple game. They play one game a week for a portion of a year and get paid millions of dollars in a year. Though, they get paid a lot of money, sometimes they need it after they retire to pay financial bills to support themselves and their families. Athletes get paid more than the president, nurses and doctors, and athletes get paid way more in one year than a regular person would earn in their lifetime. There is something wrong with a system that rewards games handsomely and underpays those most critical to our society like doctors or teachers.

The United States of America is a free country where people should be free to live their dreams. An athlete who is talented and is willing to spend many years training, should be free to earn a large salary. With the large salaries they earn, they pay for their medical bills and other bills they might have. Not only do athletes work hard to earn the money, but they also inspire us. Many jobs would not exist without athletes and their astounding talent.

Professional athletes, especially NBA players are criticized harshly of their high salaries because many people feel they don’t deserve it for what they do. They feel NBA players aren’t contributing anything valuable to society. Many people can’t stand that NBA players are paid millions when teachers, doctors, lawyers, or other professions are making thousands. People feel that NBA players do nothing more than playing a ball game. There is a lot that they do that people are unaware of so a lot of people just assume all they are ball players. People need to understand that NBA players are paid millions for a reason, and they are deserving of it. They have to go through a lot physically and mentally. They are contributing to many areas of our society and people don’t

Many supporters of pro athletes high pay think that it is not wrong for them to be paid so much. These athletes can and are changing our world for the better. The athletes that are helping out our community and changing the world for the better are usually the ones that don't receive the fame and glory. This shows that we don’t give enough recognition to those athletes that are going out there and doing something to make their community a better place. Athletes make a lot of money but should not be blamed for their high salaries. The leagues that these athletes are playing in is asking big money for media and other things. These high dollar prices are what is getting the athletes their high money. The average ticket to an MLB game costs about

Athletes are undeservingly overpaid in a society while some crucial careers are overlooked and underpaid. Some careers are being neglected, while athletes aren’t making an effort to help improve society. The lifestyle athletes live by consuming alcohol, enhancing in drugs, etc. can affect children in a way that leads to them having mixed emotions. There are some athletes that actually work hard starting with, providing for their families and participate in charity, work for the community, while others concentrate on making money, living the high life and getting endorsement deals. Although, fighting, non-sportsmanship, disrespectfulness, and just plain ignorance exist all over this nation's playing fields while these professional players are