One of the reasons why professional athletes are overpaid is because they do not work as long hours, like regular …show more content…
During his twenty three years with the Yankees he earned over four hundred million dollars. Derek Jeter should have got paid because he is classified as one of the greats, and has the great skill of making a throw to first base while on the run. He was a tremendous leader to the whole Yankee organization and kids still look up to him even though he is no longer playing. He is some kids favorite player for a reason, but no one has to make over four hundred million dollars. Especially when there are some US citizens living on the streets every night wondering if they are even going to eat a warm meal everyday. The average income of major league baseball players is four million dollars per year, and the average income for middle class americans range from twenty five thousand to seventy five thousand dollars a year(Mueller). These dollar amounts are not even in the same ball