Alex Rodriguez, a former New York Yankees baseball player made almost $22 million a season as of 2004. The amount of money professional athletes make is insane! They are not financially responsible enough to make this much money, and other careers deserve more money. To start off, other professions deserve more money. One reason why other professions deserve more money is because Peyton Manning made more money in one season than an average worker makes in their lifetime. Also, athletes make more money per game than the average American household makes in a decade. Finally, teachers, police officers, and firefighters make less than one percent of the income of some athletes. There is no doubt, athletes should be paid less and other careers
