Athletes Vs Pro Sports Players

Why should sports players get paid more than soldiers? Sports players risk not only their lives, just as soldiers do too, but also the future of their career. Imagine risking your life, your future, and your whole family on a everyday basis. This is the life of all sports players. Most people are always biased on this topic because they have friends or family members serving in the military or simply because people are willing to go into war for the love of their nation. Although most people may be biased, there are many reasons why sports players should be paid more and why they are paid more.

Five million dollars is a large wage of money, and athletes make that much or more per year. It doesn't make sense that the people sacrificing their lives for ours are making at least 25,000 or less per year. I believe that athletes should be getting paid, but not as much as the life-savers, caretakers, or helpers in this

He gets paid $7 million dollars, not the highest on the team. Eric Gordon, who is nowhere near as good as Anthony Davis gets paid $15 million dollars. (Smith, Steven A. "No Matter How Much They Make, The Best Players In The NBA Are Vastly Underpaid." FiveThirtyEight. 2015. Web. 21 Jan. 2016.)I think the best player on every team should be paid the most. Not the third or fourth best on every team should be paid the most. Tom Brady, Super Bowl 49 MVP. Got paid less than his Tight end who hasn't won an award in his career yet when Tom Brady has won 5 awards. 3 Super bowl MVP and 2 League MVP. (Smith, Steven A. "No Matter How Much They Make, The Best Players In The NBA Are Vastly Underpaid." FiveThirtyEight. 2015. Web. 21 Jan. 2016.) If you have won your team 3 super bowls, you should be paid the most. The person who has won 1 award. Aaron Rodgers the MVP of the National Football league in 2014 was getting paid $11 million dollars. Randall Cobb a 2nd string wide receiver got paid $20 million dollars. (Smith, Steven A. "No Matter How Much They Make, The Best Players In The NBA Are Vastly Underpaid." FiveThirtyEight. 2015. Web. 21 Jan. 2016.) If you are a second string wide receiver is getting paid more than your MVP quarterback. Than that is bad for your

Can you imagine being a firefighter saving lives, but a college athlete making more money than you? How would that make you feel? People all over the world are saving lives, yet athletes make more than them. Many people have researched this topic on weather college athletes should be paid to play or not. I strongly disagree to college athletes being paid to play.

Have you ever wondered how much a NFL player gets paid? Well, he at least gets paid more than a firefighter, a cop, and a soldier! They don’t even save lives. Every time a cop saves a live the barely get paid.

Although Athletes entertain us all and provide us with something to look forward to, their paychecks are too big for what they do. There are millions of people who are injured in the military or have illnesses that need that money to help them recover ,but instead we give the money to people who entertain us.

The second issue I have is that I joined the military to get my “free” education. I use quotation marks because you actually pay a monthly fee of $100 a month into the GI bill program to access the benefit when you get out. But paying student athletes out right to me says the degree I went to war for has little value. College degrees used to be prized, but in regard to high profile student athletes they are just an after thought. That to me seems to be a problem.

Have you ever wondered how much NFL players get paid? NFL players get paid about $140 million in 6 years. I will be talking about why I am against NFL players getting paid more than anybody else including soldiers. Professional athletes shouldn’t be paid more than people who save lives.

said he had to play to try to get out of his situation and they don’t. Therefore the NCAA knows their demographics for players and it taking advantage of them because for a lot of them this is the only chance they have to get out of their neighborhoods.

Imagine you are a salesman and just made an enormous sell but you don’t receive any of the money you just brought in to your company. Well being an athlete at a top program is very similar to that scenario. College athletics is a billion dollar industry, universities generate so much revenue during the year it would only be fair if the players received a part of their share. On the other hand people believe athletic scholarships, meal plans, tutors, and a roof over their head is more than enough compensation.

College athletes are finally getting attention on the fact that they are not paid. I believe that whether or not it is college or pro sports they deserve a salary. These players put their heart and soul on the field and get nothing in return. In the articles “Athletes New Day” by Paul Marx and “College Athletes Should Not Be Paid” by Warren Hartenstine, the reasons for college athletes to be paid are very evident. No matter the case, if the students move on to pro sports or not after college, they should be entitled to some pay for their contributions. College athletes deserve to be compensated for their playtime in these sports, sales of products with their name on it, and even compensation for their injuries.

National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men’s basketball and football programs generate billions of dollars through television rights, corporate sponsorships, and merchandise sales. The largest of which is attributable to television rights. According to Green, CBS and Turner Sports paid the NCAA $10.8 billion for the rights to televise the NCAA March Madness basketball tournament from 2010 through 2024. This is just for the men’s basketball championship tournament and does not include television rights for other regular season basketball games. When the NCAA introduced the College Football Playoff (CFP), ESPN paid $7.3 billion for a 12-year contract to air the CFP games. In 2015 the CFP and bowl games paid out over $500 million

What makes me different from many other athlete? My high determination, effort, and my motivation is makes me different. Every since I started playing football I have always been determined to be the best I can be. I always have been one the last person to leave practice, because I work with underclassmen on technique to help get them better along with myself. I always try to find ways to get better as person and as a athlete.

Should professional athletes be able to not stand for the national Anthem? Athletes have the right have the right to their 1st amendment. I think professional athletes should have to stand for the National Anthem because they live in America then that means they need to respect it, if they don't like it then just move to another country.

An average professional athlete earns about $2.5 Million dollars a year while veterans that were willing to give their lives fighting for their country, earning plenty less than a pro athlete.