Essay On Athletes Being Underpaid

It is another home run, penalty kick, a three-pointer, touchdown, and another underpaid athlete. Every day in America, thousands of professional athletes are being underpaid and overworked. Coaches are pushing athletes to their limits to ensure they perform their best ability on the court, field, or pitch. With these hard working schedules and sore muscles, it is only right we originate back to the way things are supposed to be.
Year after year, athletes are given the same paycheck and some may even receive a minuscule and insufficient raise. Most people believe in the old saying “time is money”. Well, being put into the shoes of an athlete that “time” is unquestionably limited. Not only do athletes spend every day for numerous hours practicing to improve their skills, …show more content…
Whether it is on the field or pitch, most of the time players throw their bodies out of its comfort zone and natural state of being. After years and years of doing this, athletes are finally compelled to retire. During the games, they are given drugs and different types of sedatives to help ease the pain but once they retire all the narcotics are not covered by insurance. Therefore, this leads them to come back out of retirement to pursue a new career to be able to pay for the medication and the surgery required to help ease the pain. Even after numerous amounts of surgeries, their human body will never return to its natural state in anatomical terms. Not only do they have to withstand the tremendous amounts of pressure they put on their bodies and minds, but they also have a great deal of stress from their fans and teenage athletes who aspire to be them. Thousands if not millions, of younger athletes look up to these professionals as an inspiration and hero. One wrong move or lousy decision can bring bad publicity, but can affect their image. They are being watched continuously not only by the fans, but also the