Around the world professional athletes are paid between hundreds of thousands dollar to millions of dollars to play a sport, whether its catching, throwing, shooting, passing, or hitting a ball. These types of money should be given to American who are contributing to our society. American like firemen. police officer, or soldiers are being payed less money who are risking their lives every day. Teachers who work five days a week grading papers, teaching new material, and provide instruction in literacy, community roles, and life skills. Professional athletes are here to entertained us, they do not have a big impact on society as a whole to justified their salaries compared to other professions like teachers, firemen, police officers, and many
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For example, when students leave to go home teachers are still at school grading paper, quizzes, or tests. Preparing assignments, lesson plans, projects and having to go to meetings with other faculty members. Not only teachers have to deal with the student, they have to deal with the parents too. Plus, teachers don’t have summer off, they are preparing for next year and figuring out what activities to do with each lesson or going to teacher workshops. Yet teachers are paid monumental lower than an average professional athlete is making. Mihir Bhagat is a multimedia sports journalist who wrote an article on Bleacher Report called “Do Professional Athletes Get Paid Too Much Money” said “In fact, each basket Kobe Bryant scores earns him equivalent to the average classroom teacher’s yearly salary which only makes about $45,000” (Mihir Bhagat). Teachers shouldn’t get paid in the millions, but for all the hard work they put in day in and day out they should get paid between $60,000 to $100,000 a year. Firefighter only makes around $47,000 a year and police officers makes about $60,000 a year. Soldiers who fight for our country and make such great personal sacrifices only makes about $30,000 a year. While an average salary for a football player is about $795,000, basketball player about $2.2 …show more content…
Comparing their requirements, lifestyle, and work put in doesn’t compare to all the sacrifices other profession put it to make a difference and pro athletes are not worthy of a paid I the hundreds of million. Most professional athletes only play about five years or more depending on how good they are, while other occupation would work well into their fifties or sixties. Athletes are truly paid too much to simply entertain us with a game! People say that they make too much money, but they don’t do anything about it, what they do is actually help them make even more
For example, when students leave to go home teachers are still at school grading paper, quizzes, or tests. Preparing assignments, lesson plans, projects and having to go to meetings with other faculty members. Not only teachers have to deal with the student, they have to deal with the parents too. Plus, teachers don’t have summer off, they are preparing for next year and figuring out what activities to do with each lesson or going to teacher workshops. Yet teachers are paid monumental lower than an average professional athlete is making. Mihir Bhagat is a multimedia sports journalist who wrote an article on Bleacher Report called “Do Professional Athletes Get Paid Too Much Money” said “In fact, each basket Kobe Bryant scores earns him equivalent to the average classroom teacher’s yearly salary which only makes about $45,000” (Mihir Bhagat). Teachers shouldn’t get paid in the millions, but for all the hard work they put in day in and day out they should get paid between $60,000 to $100,000 a year. Firefighter only makes around $47,000 a year and police officers makes about $60,000 a year. Soldiers who fight for our country and make such great personal sacrifices only makes about $30,000 a year. While an average salary for a football player is about $795,000, basketball player about $2.2 …show more content…
Comparing their requirements, lifestyle, and work put in doesn’t compare to all the sacrifices other profession put it to make a difference and pro athletes are not worthy of a paid I the hundreds of million. Most professional athletes only play about five years or more depending on how good they are, while other occupation would work well into their fifties or sixties. Athletes are truly paid too much to simply entertain us with a game! People say that they make too much money, but they don’t do anything about it, what they do is actually help them make even more