know doctors save lives‚ Soldiers protect lives. So why do athletes earn more than both of these combined. * The average NBA player earns 5.5 million dollars per year * The average MLB salary is 2.8 million Dollars * The average NFL salary is 1.8 million dollars * All of these salaries are not including endorsements * Famous boxer Floyd Mayweather just made 32 million for one fight against Miguel Cotto * Athletes in today’s society are earning substantial amount of money
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Athletes Are Overpaid What would a typical person do for a million dollars? Who would not want to be paid millions of dollars to play a sport? Most people would agree that athletes are overpaid due to them seeing what athletes do with their money Athletes are overpaid because there are more jobs which require more effort and deserves to be paid more‚ most of those athletes do not live up close to their pay‚ and the money could benefit other matters. First off‚ in the whole world
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Rhetorical Analysis In the article “Do Professional Athletes get paid too much?” by Mihir Bhagat‚ goes on to talk about different ways why athletes get over paid. He talks about the various athletes that get paid the most and compares what they do to what people in the economy make. He claims that they also teach people some bad things to look up too. Mihir does a great job explaining about when we pay athletes too much‚ what it can lead to and have an effect in the world. The article came
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Are Professional Athletes Overpaid? I grew up watching professional sports. I always wanted to grow up to be just like them and secretly‚ still do. However‚ growing up‚ I was never really aware of the ridiculous amounts of money that the athletes earned and in the past few years I have been hearing many people complaining about how much the athletes make. According to my survey‚ 30 percent of people surveyed believe that athletes are overpaid. Honestly‚ I expected it to be more than that since
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Are Professional Athletes Overpaid? In recent years‚ the salaries of many professional athletes have soared‚ allowing them to collect millions every year for merely being on a team. Worshipped by their talent and the appeal of extreme wealth‚ many of these athletes do not see themselves as role models‚ which‚ in turn‚ affects society’s younger generation. Although many of these athletes are perhaps the world’s most talented in their fields‚ their significantly high salaries are unjustifiable
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REASONS WHY PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES ARE NOT OVERPAID SUBMITTED TO PROFESSOR O’SHAUGHNESSY IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF ENGLISH 102 BY LOGAN POLLEI APRIL 30‚ 2013 2 REASONS WHY PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES ARE NOT OVERPAID In this paper‚ I will be discussing the research question‚ “Are professional athletes overpaid?” After researching the topic‚ I came up with the conclusion that professional athletes are not overpaid based on the amount
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Nowadays athletes are everything: looked upon as role models but seen as bad influences‚ praised for being the best and ridiculed for getting to much money. No matter where an athlete goes they will receive both praise and criticism. Professional athletes are hard working people and great for people in society‚ but they are extremely overpaid. The outrageous numbers in an average professional athlete’s salary is at least triple the size of a doctor‚ teacher‚ or solider‚ who has a greater role in
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An athlete is someone who is proficient in sports or other physical exercises. Do you really feel that someone of this standard should be handed millions of dollars for playing games? Athletes jobs pay them enormous amounts of money. Some people argue that these athletes deserve their high paying salaries‚ even so others disagree saying that they are overpaid. These men and women are great sources for entertainment‚ but they’re paid way too much to play games for a living! After athletes retire
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Although some individuals and fans believe that professional athletes are paid far too much‚ it is not a fair accusation made against these highly thought of individuals. Some complaints are about how much athletes are paid‚ yet they are still willing to pay outrageous prices to attend these major sporting events. Why is that? “And while so many are under the impression that this paycheck has one too many zeros in it‚ I believe that these individuals are dedicating themselves so fully to their occupation
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Do you have a role model? Have you ever tried so hard to do something? Well‚ that’s what athletes’ do for a living. Many people say that athletes’ are overpaid but I disagree. An athlete like LeBron James deserves a good salary for all the work he has done and the self-image he creates. The sports industry contains many jobs from cheerleading to coaching and if players were terrible why would anyone work for them? Jobs‚ they pay for our necessities. There are many jobs that are involved with
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