Why Do Athletes Be Paid?

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Athletes are such an attraction. What a talent!... but if that’s a talent than can saving a life be known as a talent? I ask this question because doctors, nurses, and so much more, do this for a living. So aren’t these “life savers” whose job is to save lives, the real talent? The thing conflict here is that athletes are paid a great sum of money while our life savers are not even close. What does it say about our society when we pay our athletes more than our life savers? And yes, athletes do have dangerous jobs with many possibilities of injuries, so do life savers. For athletes there is a small amount of time to to make money but being a retired athlete means a lot of lucrative jobs. What do you see looking at the way athletes are treated?

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