Why Professional Athletes Get Paid

Within the United States culture there are many different opportunities for entertainment. A few entertainment purposes, there are books, all kinds of racing, movies, shopping, and then there are sports. Americans focus on several different types of sports from college, professional, and high school athletics. Professional athletics usually get more attention and earn more money than the other types of sports. Since these athletes get paid so much it should be certain that they would not miss a shot, make errors, and should win games all the time because that is why they are there, just to win. People look up to the pro athletes as role models, even the more less fortunate that actually work hard to put food on the table. Professional athletes are paid too much in comparison to the work required because they do not put forth enough effort.
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