Professional Athletes Are Not Paid
Professional sports aren’t just for the money, it's to entertain people for 3 plus hours at a time. Sports athletes are one of the most paid hard working people for your entertainment in our country. Are sports stars paid too much? Professional athletes are not paid too much because they work really hard. The owner of the team pays the players, and a small percentage of players make it to that level. Am athlete's chances of playing in the professional leagues. Only a small percentage of high school and college athletes make it to the professional leagues. High school baseball players have a 10.5 percent chance of playing in college, while only 5.6 go on to play in the big leagues (Rosenbaum). This statistic proves is that it is not all that
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On average NBA basketball players are the highest paid athletes with $24.7 million is the average salary in 4.8 years . A NFL player will earn $6.7 million in 3.2 years, NHL will make $13.6 million in 5.5 years, MLB would make $17.9 million in 5.6 years(Gaines). Athletes earn more in certain sports in a certain time. Great players in the MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL are decently overpaid. For example Drew Brees, a quarterback for the New Orleans Saints, every touchdown he throws he gets paid $470,000. (43 touchdowns $20 million.) Schwartz. Some sports are paid t0o much, but those players are valuable to the team and can lead the team to a championship. …show more content…
The athletes who make all that money work really hard to get to the professional leagues and be a great player. Also it’s the team owner who pays the all that money to a player. If a player hits 30 home runs in one season and another 30 home runs the next season and continues that for many years, that player is gonna get a big contract because he’s a great player and that's what teams want. 1.6% of college football players make it to the NFL, 6.8% of college hockey players make it to the NHL, 1.4% of college soccer players make it to the MLS. What this shows is small percentage of college athletes make it to the professional leagues so they deserve bigger money for their hard
On average NBA basketball players are the highest paid athletes with $24.7 million is the average salary in 4.8 years . A NFL player will earn $6.7 million in 3.2 years, NHL will make $13.6 million in 5.5 years, MLB would make $17.9 million in 5.6 years(Gaines). Athletes earn more in certain sports in a certain time. Great players in the MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL are decently overpaid. For example Drew Brees, a quarterback for the New Orleans Saints, every touchdown he throws he gets paid $470,000. (43 touchdowns $20 million.) Schwartz. Some sports are paid t0o much, but those players are valuable to the team and can lead the team to a championship. …show more content…
The athletes who make all that money work really hard to get to the professional leagues and be a great player. Also it’s the team owner who pays the all that money to a player. If a player hits 30 home runs in one season and another 30 home runs the next season and continues that for many years, that player is gonna get a big contract because he’s a great player and that's what teams want. 1.6% of college football players make it to the NFL, 6.8% of college hockey players make it to the NHL, 1.4% of college soccer players make it to the MLS. What this shows is small percentage of college athletes make it to the professional leagues so they deserve bigger money for their hard