Essay on Salaries Gone Unjustified in the US

Athletes should not earn much more than professionals who save lives, educate the population, and professionals who put their lives in risk for others. These athletes become idols and heroes in the society for being seen every week on the TV and be constantly on the news. When the real idols and heroes are the ones

Athletes are overpaid by their couches and businesses just for playing in their team’s games and doing commercials. Even after they retire they still make more money than they work for. They are paid millions every year, Shaqeel Oneel made enough money that he could hire builders to make him a full sized basketball court in his basement. Furthermore, Peyton Manning makes about 700 thousand after he retired. Most athletes don’t know how to handle that much money a pro football player bought a Ferrari even though he didn’t know how to drive. Another pro NFL player spent 30 thousand dollars on earrings. Some pro athletes know how to spend money a few athletes invested their money in companies. Other athletes donated to charities and other organizations. Few athletes do

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.

Is America the best country in the world like it claims to be? Numerous controversial issues can keep Americans debating all day long. Bias is one of the main causes of these disputable topics. Discrimination against certain groups of people still exist today in America. Issues regarding gender can lead to big disputes because everybody has a different opinion. Some people believe men are the superior gender, while other people believe the opposite. The controversial issue of wage inequality deserves to be addressed because women are just as equal to men. A step further into equalizing genders would be wage equality. There are economical, social and political reasons why the United States should equalize pay.

Imagine having so much money that you are not even sure what to do with half of it. This is what happens to athletes that are being paid millions of dollars yearly. Because of this, there is just hundreds of thousands of dollars that are just left either used on unnecessary items or are not even used. Instead, all of that money that was used unnecessarily could have been used to help others like veterans that have disabilities/ was injured while serving their country. It also could have been used to pay other hard-working people in the United States that are not paid that much. There are hard-working people in our country trying to better the society that we live in but are being paid extremely less than professional athletes that use their

Imagine a perfect world where everyone gets paid based on their importance to society. Which profession would earn the most money? Professional athletes are one of the highest paid groups of people in the world. However, what do they actually give to society? The amount of money given to these athletes is far more than teachers, firefighters, police officers, and soldiers. Thus, professional athletes earn too much money.

First and foremost, pro athletes should get paid less money than they already do. According to Bahgat, “In today’s society, one should be paid according to the jobs economic importance and their value to society” (Bahgat). Additionally, Firefighters and Police Officers get paid a fraction of sports athletes and they risk their lives everyday helping us. “Furthermore, police officers, firefighters, and doctors, save lives while risking their own for a fraction of what sports stars make” (Bahgat 1). In addition, there are people that can’t even afford food for their families and athletes are getting paid $100 million plus. In today’s society money could be spent in a better way than paying pro athletes

Did you know that some professional athletes get paid up to ten million dollars? Yes, some athletes actually get paid as high as thirty million depending on the sport. Sometimes all of that money could just be bonuses. Most athletes get paid for insane reasons and most aren't just scoring. For example, most NFL players get paid for the merchandise or ticket sales! These players should get paid this much they worked hard to get there, most people can't do what they do, and people enjoy watching them play these sports.

One reason that athletes should not make so much money, is that other people who work harder than them make so much less money. If someone can get paid millions of dollars to throw a football or swing a bat, then people that save lives and make our government run smoother should make a whole lot more than their current salaries. I know that athletes can be inspirations to kids, but playing sports does not help people or benefit anything in this country. Why should athletes make more money than the people that make helpful impacts in the society? This leads me to my next point.

We can also take an account that athletes are getting paid a lot of money because the professional sports industry is a huge business with millions of fans going to games each year. As it was said earlier, players get most of their money from endorsements and from the fans buying merchandise and buying tickets to see games. Professional athletes only make about 1% of an organization's total earnings. This means that the income the athletes are getting from organization’s is barely anything.People also argue that playing a sport isn't a real job so they shouldn't get paid.The only problem with that argument is how many people go to games or have something memorable,like a hat,from their favorite team.So, their argument means nothing as they are the ones feeding cash to the players, buy buying tickets, buying food at the games, buying merchandise, etc. The people who complain do not

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.

Contenders do not get paid an extreme amount of money they get paid the amount of decency of how much they work. Their work durable every day doing what they love just like what a teacher does when she teaches students. Usually they work hours just as a regular job would and that they should keep getting paid the way they are

In today’s society many will argue whether or not professional athletes are overpaid. In the present time athletes are being paid phenomenally large amounts of money for their entertainment. It is my claim that all professional athletes are overpaid because they do not offer society an essential function that improves or enhances our world in comparison to other professionals such as medical doctors, lawyers, and teachers. Society does not value entertainment enough to warrant such high salaries such as those of many professional athletes. There is no reason that these athletes should demand these tremendous amounts of money. This is why you have to put into question their reasoning for demanding

Salary is an issue that many people have strong opinions about, and the pay gap between top entertainers and sports stars on the one hand, and professionals in vital service sectors such as medicine and education on the other, has been quite controversial for some time now. However, I personally think that, except in certain cases, the latter group do not necessarily deserve higher pays than the former.

This information gained through my interview allows me to understand why the employees get paid so little compared to other companies. Many of my fellow co-workers have complained to me about their pay. Some have even quit their job because they felt they were not being compensated enough. While I agreed with this, I now understand why the Western Family YMCA cannot afford to pay the employees more. The funding provided is not enough to increase staff salaries. Since there are 340 children enrolled in the program a higher amount of staff needs to be hired. Although at the beginning of the year there was staff placed at each site accordingly, staff members have begun to leave the company. During an interview, I had with Sophia Giannetta, a