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    Greed In Sports

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    when getting drafted into the NFL have no say as to what team pics them. A college football athlete has one of two options. Either they can play for the team that picks them or they don’t play at all. This too shows how not even in the sport of basketball but any sport that there is an ongoing plantation metaphor that still exists. Citation Stein, M. (2017, January 28). The 2016-17 NBA All-No-Trade Team. Retrieved October 03, 2017, from…

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    Throughout the years, professional athletes salaries have skyrocketed. The majority of the revenue to the companies is due to the public's willingness to pay to attend events or watch them online. Also because of the revenue the companies are generating, they have more money to pay players to convince them to join their team. Some believe that the athletes deserve and have earned their pay. They believe that they need the large salary to cover medical bills or to save for retirement. However,…

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    In these Modern times, I don’t agree on the large salaries paid to athletes and movie stars. I am not against these jobs, but I feel more could be done with the salaries that are paid to these individuals. There are other work fields that are more serious and even harder than being an athlete or movie star. Being a movie star is not an overnight process, just going to an audition can’t guarantee you a job on the spot. Most movie stars had to start off with an agent. They get a script, usually…

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    Are Footballers Overpaid? How much money are footballers really paid? Footballers get overpaid way to much money for the answer. This is true because, playing soccer is for entertaining purposes, and skills only. Some soccer coaches think it is right to give the most money to just one footballer star of the team. The main truth for that to happen is unfair, because there are many young talented players that should get paid money, but not overpaid. The owners for the soccer teams should just…

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    Are Athletes Overpaid?

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    Are athletes overpaid? Depending on who you are, you might see them as people who play games, or you might see them as role models who bring joy to others. No matter which side you agree with, there is no denying that they make lots of money. Because they only play games, they make more than people who save lives, and they can go on to lucrative jobs, I believe that athletes are overpaid. First, athletes are only paid because they play games. Although they are at a high risk for injuries, people…

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    Sports advertisements are mainly targeted to athletes, but other people that are not in sports also wear it. Numerous people wear Nike and it looks like they are athletic, but they are not. An example of how athletes act like they are strong and tough is the Nike Snow Day commercial on YouTube. The…

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    oday, athletes are getting paid more than ever. If you are a professional athlete at the highest levels, you are most likely making millions of dollars. "How is this fair?" some may ask. People getting paid millions of dollars just to dribble a ball and put it through a hoop, or running with a ball to the other side of the field, or even kicking a ball into a net may seem ludicrous. Some may even say they shouldn't even be paid at all. These people are missing the big picture. It's all about…

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    Why Do Athletes Get Paid?

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    receive the money that you are responsible for earning? The majority (if not all) people would answer “yes.” This concept applies to the athletes inside the professional sports world. Just as a major business man would earn a high salary for a big company, these men and women do the same. With everything else put aside, the sports industry is essentially a business, and businesses and its workers perform to make money. These athletes are great sources of entertainment for fans all around the…

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    Why Do People Get Paid?

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    People use several work to earn money. Some of them want to earn enough money to their life and some want to earn more like athletes and entertainers. Now days, we see athletics and entertainers earn millions of dollar every year. All these people work hard to achieve their goals. Also, some athletics usually face problems like injured on their body then they treat themselves for a long time. Moreover, entertainers face problem as well. On other hand, many people around the world are dying…

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    overpaid to play a sport for a living. The pay varies depending on which sports an athlete participate in and their compensation might also vary based on their performance. They can earn a lot of money comparing to an individual with a real meaningful career who attended school and earned a degree. Regular occupation requires a certification, degree, or schooling which is not necessary for the sports industry. Athletes are typically under a contract and they are not always playing sports…

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