Why Athletes Should Get Paid

Although athletes may work extremely hard, they do not deserve that high of a salary because there are people who do more for this country than just entertain. Everyone loves watching the olympics, football, or basketball, but that doesn’t mean that athletes should get paid in the tens of millions of dollars. Maybe that's why the United States is so in debt is because people care more about sports than their own well being. First and foremost, athletes get paid more the military which shouldn’t be happening, the military works harder than any athlete. People in the military go away from their families for months at a time while athletes get to stay home and get paid way more than the military. Most may not think that this is wrong, that athletes get paid way more than the military because they entertain people while the military fights so that everyone else can live in a free country. Many athletes think that they deserve millions of dollars, but really they do nothing but play a sport while more people are doing more important things. Military people deserve more money than athletes, nut not millions because then that would just make the United States more in debt.
Many other people could actually use most of the money athletes make for something better, like giving it to the people who don’t even have a home or food. Many people don’t have a house because they don't have enough money for decent clothes and meanwhile athletes are sitting up in their penthouses partying every night. Most homeless people can’t get jobs because they don’t look presentable for job interviews and no one cares. Athletes think that they deserve the money they get but really they don’t, many people could use that money to start a better life, but everyone is too