There are Two Sides to Every Coin:
Are Professional Athletes and Entertainers paid too much?
The richest of the rich in our country are not the hardworking business people anymore, but rather our professional athletes and entertainers. With players and entertainers asking for more perks and pay, it makes you wonder if they are already asking for more money than they are really worth. It also begs the question of how you measure an athlete’s or entertainer’s value in dollars and cents. Even though I think that they are paid what they are worth, I will attempt to explore both sides of the coin for a better explanation.
Each sport is different in how they pay their athletes, and the difference in salaries from one player to another can be in the tens of millions of dollars. Just like entertainers, whether they are in music or movies, it depends on your value on how much you get paid. Take for instance, the highest playing football player makes about 19 million dollars a year but the President of the United States makes about $200,000 a year. Beyonce, one of the top …show more content…
Teachers, fire fighters and policemen are jobs that earn salaries of less than $40,000 a year. An athlete is running around playing a simple game, and winning the adoration of fans everywhere while teachers, the most important job above all receives no respect and barely enough money to live off of. Secondary athletes, the ones you see warming the bench at every game, earns more than most people, basically for doing nothing. Entertainers go around the world promoting music that they love and still, our President makes $200,000 a year. The economy in the sports and entertainment world is like a never ending black hole that sucks up everything in its path. As the demand for sports and entertainers go up, so will the prices for their
Are Professional Athletes and Entertainers paid too much?
The richest of the rich in our country are not the hardworking business people anymore, but rather our professional athletes and entertainers. With players and entertainers asking for more perks and pay, it makes you wonder if they are already asking for more money than they are really worth. It also begs the question of how you measure an athlete’s or entertainer’s value in dollars and cents. Even though I think that they are paid what they are worth, I will attempt to explore both sides of the coin for a better explanation.
Each sport is different in how they pay their athletes, and the difference in salaries from one player to another can be in the tens of millions of dollars. Just like entertainers, whether they are in music or movies, it depends on your value on how much you get paid. Take for instance, the highest playing football player makes about 19 million dollars a year but the President of the United States makes about $200,000 a year. Beyonce, one of the top …show more content…
Teachers, fire fighters and policemen are jobs that earn salaries of less than $40,000 a year. An athlete is running around playing a simple game, and winning the adoration of fans everywhere while teachers, the most important job above all receives no respect and barely enough money to live off of. Secondary athletes, the ones you see warming the bench at every game, earns more than most people, basically for doing nothing. Entertainers go around the world promoting music that they love and still, our President makes $200,000 a year. The economy in the sports and entertainment world is like a never ending black hole that sucks up everything in its path. As the demand for sports and entertainers go up, so will the prices for their