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Pros And Cons Of Athletes Are Overpaid

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Athletes Are Overpaid Aurora Houghton
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You’re sitting there staring at the bill that just came in the mail. As a underpaid teacher, it’s hard to pay all your bills. As you’re looking at it, an athlete is getting millions for not helping nor saving people, just entertaining, while many people are struggling paying just one bill . Even if they have an actual job that is beneficial to people. Athletes are definitely overpaid.
With many athletes pretty much used to getting large amounts of money, they tend to spend a lot of it at a time which can cause them to financially struggle when they retire. For instance, the 2009 sports Illustrated article states that 78% of National Football League players are bankrupt or financially …show more content…

And if they think that they deserve all that money because of injuries, for this reason, maybe they shouldn’t play at all if they think they are that injury prone. Athletes aren’t even acquired because of skill level, it’s all about popularity or how much money they make. They don’t even work for an entire year and still get paid millions just for entertaining people. Why use all that money on something we don’t need when we can focus most of it on more important things like teachers or policeman or firefighters. Something that really matters. In conclusion, athletes should not be paid more than they are worth.
You’re back looking at the bill. It still bugs you how you’re making a difference but still underpaid. It’s very unfair how athletes only play children's games or don’t even play the game but still get mega sized incomes. We could easily change this. All that needs to happen is lower athletes pay. It’s not like they are gonna get underpaid, just not paid as high as they are now. Lowering athletes pay will bring a lot of good in the world that we desperately need. So, athletes are very

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