Are Athletes Overpaid?
Are Athletes Overpaid The average athlete can make more than the President of the United States; how is that fair? Athletes, like Tom Brady, are overpaid and make more that the average families that work till they are 70 years old. Do athletes really deserve to make that much? The answer is no, they do no.
First, athletes make way over a million dollars in one year. The average income of an American family is about 54,000 dollars a year. A nurse only makes 70,000 dollars a year. Compare that to a star athlete like Tom Brady who makes 36 million annually. A person who saves lives daily makes less than a person who plays a game.
Another point to make is, paying 300 dollars for a medical bill seems ridiculous, but to pay that much for sideline
tickets to a basketball game is a good deal. Do Americans really value a game more than the people who might one day have to help save their life? According to Jesse Delman, “...there are people who have difficult and dangerous jobs, and no one is handing them exorbitant sums of money.”
On the other hand, an athlete's career is short and can involve life ending or altering injuries. They also entertain and inspire young athletes to keep at what they love. According to Mackenzie Carro, “ Athletes need salaries that will carry them past the five to 15 years they are able to play.” While that is true, do they really need over millions a year? Overall, athletes make way to much money. They make more in one year than the average American does in a lifetime. While they do but their bodies on the line, many other people, and they do not make half of what athletes do. Athletes are overpaid and make more than the average families that work till they are 70 years old; they do not deserve to make that much.
First, athletes make way over a million dollars in one year. The average income of an American family is about 54,000 dollars a year. A nurse only makes 70,000 dollars a year. Compare that to a star athlete like Tom Brady who makes 36 million annually. A person who saves lives daily makes less than a person who plays a game.
Another point to make is, paying 300 dollars for a medical bill seems ridiculous, but to pay that much for sideline
tickets to a basketball game is a good deal. Do Americans really value a game more than the people who might one day have to help save their life? According to Jesse Delman, “...there are people who have difficult and dangerous jobs, and no one is handing them exorbitant sums of money.”
On the other hand, an athlete's career is short and can involve life ending or altering injuries. They also entertain and inspire young athletes to keep at what they love. According to Mackenzie Carro, “ Athletes need salaries that will carry them past the five to 15 years they are able to play.” While that is true, do they really need over millions a year? Overall, athletes make way to much money. They make more in one year than the average American does in a lifetime. While they do but their bodies on the line, many other people, and they do not make half of what athletes do. Athletes are overpaid and make more than the average families that work till they are 70 years old; they do not deserve to make that much.