Are Athletes Overpaid? Essay

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    ELA/Writing 24 Jan. 2017 Are Athletes Being Overpaid? First off, how much do athletes even retrieve on their paychecks? According, they earn around $71 million per year just for entertaining us. However, that astonishing amount is around triple what a firefighter would make, why certainly that is beyond my knowledge. Likewise, why is it that people who risk their lives do not even earn half the amount of what athletes make. In America today, athletes are way overpaid compared to people…

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    Athletes don’t technically have to play to get paid, yet they earn so much money. Do athletes get overpaid? Many professional athletes get paid millions of dollars. Some people think that these athletes are paid too much. Others think that future issues are one reason they should get paid a lot of money. People who think they get paid too much thought others, for example, firefighters, soldiers, etc. don’t get paid enough for saving lives and risking theirs. Compared to those jobs athletes have…

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    Although some professional athletes don’t get paid a lot for what they do, some of them get overpaid for what little they do. Some athletes get paid $13.5 million dollars a year for amusement, while our president and commander chief of our country only gets paid four hundred thousand dollars a year. We all know that’s messed up. Our president does way more than these athletes for our country, and all they do is entertain us. Most athletes spend their money on ridiculous things such as, cars,…

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    somewhere around $4,500? The average pay of a professional athlete is 4 million dollars. Americans enjoy watching sports so much that it has become a major entertainment business. Other countries do not pay their athletes nearly as much as America does. Sadly, those who serve our country, like soldiers, firefighters and teachers are paid very little compared to America’s professional athletes. Additionally, America has seen many athletes end up broke after wasting their money on…

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    Overpaid to Play Everyone’s thought about or daydreamed about how amazing it would be to win the lottery, to see your ticket’s numbers listed on the television screen and get that fat check with six zeros on the end. Who wouldn’t like that kind of luxury and security in life? Likewise, most athletes who have reached the pinnacle of their careers, expect some sort of large check from their team because it’s what they “deserve.” Not only are they wrong, but often times their greed can even take…

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    athlete’s high salaries? Do they get overpaid? Well, in my opinion I think athletes deserve the money they get paid. For example, athletes put their whole life towards training, athletes can only play for a limited amount of time so they need high salaries to carry them through the years they do play, and sports are their passion so it should pay off for them. Athletes get a lot of money to play sports, but they put their whole life towards training. For example, athlete Lebron James dedicates…

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    athlete’s contract gets, the more well known he becomes. In the last decade or so, many very well known athletes have been signing record breaking multi-million dollar contracts. What gives franchise owners the right to put a price on someone way over someone else. All players are playing the same sport therefore, they should all make an averaged salary. Following that, giving all this money to these athletes can potentially endanger their lives. Not to forget that all this money should be put…

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    Now for student athletes, add additional hours and tasks to the day, such as waking up before dawn every day for a two hour workout, going to a full day of class then right after back to hours of practice that entails couple of them on the field then inside for film then finish off the night with the homework from classes. Where is the time to get a job and make a little money for one’s self? How are student athletes supposed to eat when…

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    have a "Trophies for all" policy. This policy means all the athletes receive some type of reward regardless of their athletic ability. Others disagree with this policy saying rewarding youth athletes like this can give off the wrong message. However others believe otherwise, saying that there is nothing wrong with giving out these trophies…

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    former or favorite colleges, earning millions for schools and companies that sponsor them. It is illegal for athletes to receive any form of payment even though we are the ones that bring in the revenue. Being a division one athlete is not as good as it seems, because the NCAA and its schools do not pay it’s student athletes. The dedication, hard work, and sacrifices of student athletes are taken advantage of. Any top school in the NCAA is sponsored by an athletic brand. This is bad because it…

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