Why Professional Athletes Should Get Paid

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After professional athletes retires(and reaches an old age), they have expensive medical bills for prolonged health problems. They have to pay these bills with the estimated 24.7 dollars that they earn in their very short career. Many professional athlete get paid so much because of their five to fifteen year career, which is much shorter than the average person’s career.
To begin, athletes have very little time to earn that money. They have an extremely short career and it lasts five to fifteen years. They could also have an injury that could end their career for months or even for good. Next, they have very little time to earn money. They have five to ten years to earn the twenty seven thousand dollars. They will also have to for injuries

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