playing a game or making someone laugh? Well, professional athletes/ entertainers do, but do they really deserve it? In my opinion, they do deserve it. This economy sucks because of the low paying of jobs. But I think these professional athletes/ entertainers deserve the money. They deserve to earn large sums of money because they need well working equipment, they provide us with entertainment , and they have to deal with our fandom. For one, professional athletes/ entertainers they need well…
Imagine, you were a MLB player and you had millions of dollars. What would you do with it? Nobody deserves that much money unless they found a cure for cancer, or are saving lives. Athletes get paid too much. Athletes don’t think about the real world. Many athletes buy 3-5 cars when they can only drive one at a time then later on wonder where a chunk of their money went. Also so some athletes buy million-billion dollar mansions. Then when they retire can’t afford that type of house. Lastly if…
It is another home run, penalty kick, a three-pointer, touchdown, and another underpaid athlete. Every day in America, thousands of professional athletes are being underpaid and overworked. Coaches are pushing athletes to their limits to ensure they perform their best ability on the court, field, or pitch. With these hard working schedules and sore muscles, it is only right we originate back to the way things are supposed to be. Year after year, athletes are given the same paycheck and some…
I’m not a sports guy, I’ll play a few rounds of whatever when my friends want to get together. But I don’t have any interest in being a fan of professional or even college level sports. Their wins have nothing to do with me and at the end of the day I’m just another consumer. I have friends who “live for these moments” even though they occur often. They pay big money to attend events; as fans, they paint their faces and torsos, while piling on multiple layers of licensed apparel. The play-offs,…
NBA Players Getting paid too much Are NBA players getting paid too much? Most people think that it is ridiculous for NBA players to get paid millions of dollars; especially when there are millions of people unemployed and/or living in poverty debts with other nations. Millions that we are paying to NBA players could go towards something that we are having trouble with like poverty and unemployment. NBA players are getting paid too much because NBA rookies start off with millions, most of NBA…
What is wrestling? When most people think of wrestling, the first thing that comes to their mind is the fake “professional” wrestling you see on television with the goofy costumes, silly names and the use of props. Well, the real sport of wrestling dates back to before the first olympic games were held back in ancient Greece in 776 B.C. The sport of wrestling was actually the sport that started the great thing today that we call the olympics. Wrestling has many components that people would not…
Do Professional Athletes Deserve the Big Bucks? Have you ever heard of the green-eyed monster? William Shakespeare’s Iago was probably the first to use that term in all of human history in the play Othello, when he said, “Oh, beware, my lord, of jealousy! It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock The meat it feeds on.” …
Editorial Opposing View Performance Enhancing drugs (PED’s) should not be legal in professional sports, and have been one of the major issues involved in them since the 1960’s. The first established ban on PED’s in major sports came in 1976 when the International Olympic Committee banned the use of steroids (CNN). PED’s allow for certain players to gain an advantage over other athletes because of their ability to allow athletes to train longer and more frequently, recover faster from injuries,…
Growing up, I had always loved challenging myself by building and designing things. From childhood hobbies like drawing to learning how to sew pajamas to attempting to build the Eiffel Tower out of Popsicle sticks, I never failed to find new outlets for my creativity. In fact, the reason why I decided that I wanted to pursue engineering was because of a simulation game I liked to play whenever I had free time. In the game, I was able to design and build the most opulent and expensive houses that…
Professional athletes are dedicated, hard working people, who inspire and entertain millions of fans. Yet, do they need to get paid in millions? Athletes earn extreme salaries, while people who save lives can’t come close to the amount of money an athlete like Lebron James gets paid within a year. There are many people around the world who deal with the pressure of saving lives and those who handle dangerous, life threatening jobs . According to the author of “Are Athletes Overpaid?”, “Nurses…