extremely overpaid for the jobs they do.” The issue of overpaid pro athletes has been around for numerous years. The fact that a man that plays football and plays on a regular basis‚ plays for about 15-16 weeks. That man gets paid over a million dollars at least! I mean if you think about the fact that these players get paid more than the president in most situations‚ It seems hugely absurd! To think that that man plays for such a small amount of time and gets paid so much‚ but the president gets paid
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YES THEY ARE OVERPAID. Athletes are talented human beings but are they worth the millions that they are paid? Male athletes are among the most highly paid people in the world. Especially in basketball and football‚ every player is enormously paid. Though economics is the key to understanding why these athletes earn such tremendous salaries‚ still‚ it fails to explain why they actually do deserve it. Giving athlete’s high wages does not only distort them‚ but also bring downfall to clubs and the
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Abstract The essay looks at an empirical analysis into the main player and club characteristics that determine the transfer fee of a player. Using a competitive model and data from the Premier League spanning from July 2006 – September 2011‚ this paper will look to find and model the main factors that affect the price paid for a player. The paper will identify which characteristics directly affect the value of a transfer fee and the reasons behind these results. 1. Introduction 1.1 Outline
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In my first source‚ it says that ‘According to the public‚ an appropriate salary for a decent footballer would be seventy-five thousand pound– the same as for a top doctor. Since 1961 the average wage of a hard working miner has increased by 6% whilst the top footballer’s wage has increased by 1439% for kicking a ball around a football pitch. I understand that lots of people enjoy football and support teams because they are local etc. but don’t you think they’re paid a too much money? Christiano
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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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There is a heated dispute over whether the career as entertainers‚ such as films stars‚ pop musicians and sports stars‚ is overpaid. In my opinion‚ I am in favor of this view. It is generally recognised that individuals who can perform‚ sing or play good sports are paid by high salary. There are a number of reasons which might explain why they get paid that much. Firstly‚ entertainers bring in enormous profit for the companies they work for through door recipes‚ TV deals or merchandise deals.
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sponsorships. Team Owners and Sponsorships pay athletes a reasonable amount. They also are role models for kids that look up to them a lot. People make athletes role models because they want to be just like that athlete in the future and follow what they do off the field. The kids will always look up to athletes. The brands that people wear‚eat and drink are mostly having Pro athletes on the cover of their product to sell it. Also‚ a player might want a big contract if they go to a team that they know
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can only do for their job for a short amount of time. Athletes are not overpaid because the Teams make much more money than what they are paying their players. In Major League Baseball‚“Almost 35 percent of the total league wide-revenue is earned from ticket sales.Television and media rights constitute another important stream of revenue. In 2012 MLB reached
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wearing a helmet defending his country should get paid more than a man wearing a helmet defending a football.” This quote shows that we pay more money to people who entertain us rather than the ones who protect us from harm and danger. Men and women in the military‚ compared to a professional athlete‚ get paid on average one hundred percent less than one of these athletes.This is a very controversial issue in today’s world. Most professional athletes get paid more than a person makes in one lifetime
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Professional athletes are overpaid. Yes‚ they are talented. But they are talented on the court‚ field‚ pitch‚ pool but they aren’t running our country or fighting for this country’s freedom. How about saving peoples lives? Or even education? These athletes get all that money but they don’t know how to spend it. We have so many other people who should get paid that make a huge difference in this world. The NBA has the highest paid athletes. The average salary for the NBA is $5.2 million. Kobe Bryant
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