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    A Lot of athletes go bankrupt after retirement‚ because they waste it on stuff they don’t need. This is one reason athletes are overpaid. Next‚ Athletes get paid 50 million and more dollars for 1 year and teachers‚ firefighters and members of the military get minimum wage.“It seems morally wrong that athletes would be paid more than people like firefighters who serve the community and risk their lives”- Spector. The President annual salary of 400‚000 dollar is less than most athletes get paid. The

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    “More money more problems‚” have you ever wondered why athletes make more money than others. Today many athletes make several million dollars a year‚ hence athletes are significantly overpaid. Athletes jobs don’t have an effect on the world as a whole. Therefore doctors and others for example‚ should be paid more money than professional athletes. Some athletes make several million dollars a year. “It seems morally wrong that athletes would be paid more than people like firefighters‚ who serve the

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    Demand for Sports and Entertainment Justifies Professional Athletes Pay “The sports market in North America was worth $60.5 billion in 2014. It is expected to reach $73.5 billion by 2019” (Heitner). Sports in America is a culture in itself with millions of fans turning out or tuning in to games and sporting events all year round. Professional athletes are notorious for the amount of money they make for their occupation. Whether you are a sports fan or not‚ there is no escaping the debate regarding

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    Money: It Changes Everything What happens to an athlete who has been given the body of a grown man and an insane amount of talent at 18 years old? A star athlete is born. At the college level‚ high school phenoms are treasured to bring money into their collegiate programs – a Heisman Trophy winner can bring impressive funding into a football program. Such a case arises when wealthy businessmen that graduate from prestigious universities want to spend money on unnecessary things‚ glorifying their

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    Overpaid Entertainers

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    English II PreAP 4th February 2014 Current Event Article Analysis – Overpaid Entertainers I. Ryan. “Overpaid Entertainers.” Ryans Portfolio 2013. Web. II. Athletes‚ people who add nothing to our society and are terrible influences on children‚ are grossly overpaid‚ while people like teachers‚ policemen and firemen‚ who actually improve society and are necessary to our life‚ are seriously underpaid. III. Fact/opinion A. Fact: “High school teachers earn about $43‚944.” B. Opinion: “They [entertainers]

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    An Overpaid Profession

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    15 April 2013 An Overpaid Profession The salaries of athletes in professional sports are becoming increasingly high. A salary cap should be instituted in Major League Baseball because it would level out the playing field‚ lower salaries would increase revenue‚ and because of this athlete’s personas are becoming inflated. Alex Rodriguez makes $29.5 million dollars a year (Ozanian 26); should a 37 year old who has had hip surgery make that much money playing professional baseball? With the establishment

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    Are Footballers Overpaid?

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    Are Footballers overpaid and if so should a salary cap be introduced. Footballers in the premier league receive huge amounts of money every year with the likes of Wayne Rooney getting £17.09 million every year‚ but are they overpaid? One way that we can tell if footballers are overpaid is by seeing how much revenue that a certain footballer will bring to a club. One way we can find this out is by looking at Sergio Aguero. Sergio Aguero is paid £16.6 million a year and at the end of last season

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    Are Ceo's Overpaid?

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    Steve Marshall Are American corporate CEO’s overpaid? I believe that CEO’s are paid to much because it does not seem to matter just how well the company does while they are running it they still seem to make a ridiculous amount of money. This is wrong because they are supposed to be paid according to how well that the company does but even when it does poorly they are still paid exceedingly well. While this is not a surprise on top of being paid exceedingly well they are also given stock options

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    Are Nba Players Overpaid?

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    Are NBA players overpaid? The subject of money can be very controversial when it comes to sports in general. Whether it is the NFL‚ NBA‚ or MLB‚ they all exist because of large sums money. The NBA in particular produces billions of dollars of revenue each year in advertisements‚ ticket sales‚ apparel‚ and other forms. Through these different forms of revenue‚ a portion of this money goes to all 30 teams in the NBA. In the millions of dollars that each team receives‚ parts of it go to the owners

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    players that are part of the NFL paid too much? Some might say that there are doctors and people like the president that really do save people’s lives and help and that they should get paid millions. Then people like me saying that no they are not overpaid and that they are the best at what they can do. The odds of making the NFL is about 1.6% and that 1 injury may be the end of all of that‚ Not to blame the players but more like the people and the organizations themselves‚ without these players and

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