The Importance Of Professional Athletes And Contribution To Society

Athletes are dominated, managed, and controlled. They do not receive a wage compensation for their contribution to economic returns. Athletes are sometimes mistreated physically and mentally; and denied rights and freedoms of other citizens. The debate over whether or not to pay collegiate athletes, specifically Division 1, has increased greatly. Many people believe college athletic associations; such as the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Associations) treat college athletes unfairly. College athletes have been dedicating time, hard work, and much more to their schools' athletic departments. People are making millions of dollars off of these athletes while, they are living in poverty. Things need to change; these players need to

Sports were created for the enjoyment of beings and friendly competition. Today society has shifted the friendly competition to more of a money based system rather than fun and games. The typical athletes’ road to success is starting from a young age, playing in high school, and then receiving a scholarship for College and all athletes overall objective is to constantly get better and play professionally. Universities have really manipulated athletes in the world today giving them “free education” for the exchange of their blood, sweet, and tears, while they receive revenue that athletes bring in yearly. It is very evident that College athletes deserve to be paid, and universities need to find a way to pay them a reasonably amount because

These athletes live a much more difficult and jam-packed life than the average college student, so they should be given more in return for what they do for the school and everyone around them. They manage to get by in school even with their mandatory lifts and practices that they must attend; they risk their career’s every time they step on to the field to represent their school; and ultimately, they help make an enormous amount of money for the people around them, without gaining a fair compensation of money in return. The athletes are doing a terrific deed for everyone so they should be compensated in a small way to match the hard work they put in and be appreciated for all that they do for everyone around them making millions. Right now, these superstar players are doing a substantial amount of giving, while they should be receiving more in

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.

The highest paid Cubs player made around 19 million dollars a couple of years ago. The most money a doctor can make per year is around $500,000. 19 million dollars is a lot more than $500,000, but the person making that much is just paid to play baseball. Professional athletes should not be paid such high amounts because other people who work harder do not get paid half as much, nobody actually needs that much money, and other people who are struggling need money more than they do.

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.

“David Beckham is one of the highest paid players in the history of soccer and definitely the highest paid in MLS; he was paid 250 million dollars to play for five years and ended up getting hurt in one of his first games”(Hays).It is insane and such a waste of money that even if you don't play or participate in the sport you still get paid.Even if a football player got hurt and could never play football again he would still get the money because a contract was signed (Bhagat).It is not fair that someone who works significantly less gets paid significantly more than a person who works more hours year

Although athletes are paid enormous amounts of money for their jobs, but they should revenue paid that wage. Athlete’s schedules are hectic it takes up the whole day at a time people think that the contenders have it undemanding but it takes up as significant time as a regular job. Athlete’s are doing what they love just as a doctor does as he helps a patient when needed.

Have you ever thought that a professional athlete gets paid too much money? Professional athletes pay is important because there are other jobs that have a bigger impact on the economy than these athletes. When compared to salary for soldiers or teachers, professional athletes are overpaid in spite of the fact that they can negatively influence our youth. The first problem is that the youth look up to these athletes and they like to mock their behaviors.

You may say that athletes only have a limited time being one, yet do you know what happens afterwards? Retired athletes have an unfair advantage in life. Once they are retired, doors open. Pro athletes can become coaches, sport commentators, and even public speakers. All rewarding jobs. This is not right. Americans work a full-time job everyday until they are 70 and only earn $35,000. Those who are not pro athletes but are regular sportsmen, they tend to have a salary of about $2 million to $5 million. The Congress is the lawmaking branch and yet their salaries are only

Do athletes need such a high salary? Most people say no but they really do. If you get paid more than people than people that save lives, you might be getting too much money. There are people that have bigger jobs to ether help people, save people, or run the country.

Athletes constantly get hurt like spraining an ankle or an incident that may cause an athlete to go to the hospital. With the money they earn they can pay for all of the medical bills they may have to pay for. Tony Romo, a player on the Dallas Cowboys team recently injured his back.

The passages present a discussion about arguments concerning whether or not professional athletes are overpaid. This is an important debate since professional sports represents a multi-billion-dollar-per-year industry. The two positions argue whether or not professional athletes should be paid the large yearly salaries they are paid. Both viewpoints have valid claims warranting consideration. For example, evidence suggests that people with far more important jobs are paid much less than professional athletes; in contrast, opposing evidence suggests that since professional athletes generally have short careers and must train very hard to build and maintain their skills, the higher salary is justified. While both sides of the issue have valid points, the viewpoint that professional athletes are not overpaid is the best-supported position, the position supported by the preponderance of the evidence cited in the passages. The strongest and best reasons supporting this position are that professional athletes must endure grueling and intensive training, they generally have short careers that often end in injury, and the amount that they are thought to be paid is often inflated. Accordingly, these reasons and opposing viewpoints will be discussed next.

Now yes it is very possible that with all the money they have they would get treatments to get better and heal but what about if you're too far injured and you would never be able to ever work again like their paralyzed from the neck down it isn’t unlikely and if you had that type of money wouldn’t you want to have money as a just in case for a “rainy day” if something bad happen for example imagine you have a kid that plays a sport wouldn’t you be nervous if something happened to them and wouldn’t you want to have money so they could get an operation to get better? That is the exact same point of the millions of dollars they earn but as an adult you play a lot more intensely meaning you could get even than if it were

Athletes are one of the most celebrated and praised collection of people in recent history. Exceptional athletes are known for their performance in competition, but other athletes are also known for their impact on social issues in our society. Recent examples include former San Francisco 49ers’ quarterback Colin Kaepernick who decided to sit during the National Anthem before NFL football games. He explained his reasoning by stating, "I am not going to stand up to show pride for a flag that represents a country that oppresses black people and people of color…To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way”. Are athletes such as Colin Kaepernick responsible to society in expressing opinions like these or should they just do what they are paid to do, play sports?