Professional Athletes And Entertainers Should Be Paid

Ca ching! That is the sound of millions of dollars going into Messi's, a famous soccer player, bank account. While other people are unemployed, he, other professional athletes, and entertainers make millions of dollars a year. I do not agree that professional athletes and entertainers should earn large sums of money because America is in an economic crisis, they do not teach Americans valuable lessons, and also the money could be used for medical research.
I feel that professional athletes and entertainers should not earn large sums of money because we are in an economic crisis. Since we are in an economic crisis, why should men playing football get paid more that an average American that works at a real job helping
Americans? Also, while the …show more content…
Consequently, that is why the money that professional athletes and entertainers earn should not be as much because of America's economic crisis.
I also feel that professional athletes and entertainers should not earn large sums of money because they do not teach Americans valuable lessons. The professional athletes do not teach us or protect us like the way a teacher would or a policeman and a firefighter. Professional athletes earn high sums of money for playing a sport for a short period maybe a few times a week, whereas a teacher works practically everyday for very little pay and teaches children information they will need to know when they grow up. Entertainers may teach us what type of clothing is in or out, but entertainers do not teach us valuable life long lessons. This is another reason why professional athletes and entertainers should not earn big sums of money because they do not teach Americans valuable lessons that they could use everyday. Another reason that professional athletes and entertainers should not earn large sums of money is the money could be used to help Americans by using the money for