Athletes: Paid Too Much or Just Enough? Did you know that the average pay for an NBA player is five million dollars? (Pawson) Although many athletes are paid millions‚ athletes should be paid as much as they are. Not all athletes are paid millions of dollars‚ and they are in a franchise‚ unlike civil services. Did you know that the average pay for an NBA player is five million dollars? Although many athletes are paid millions‚ athletes should be paid as much as they are. Not all athletes are paid millions
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English III Mrs. Maggert The Debate over Professional Football Player’s Wages Many people have different opinions on the salaries that professional soccer players receive. Cristiano Ronaldo‚ who is currently the highest paid footballer in the world‚ gets paid $82 million per year. There are some that would argue that he does not deserve that much money for being a athlete. Professional football players do not get paid too much because the teams are private businesses so they can pay their players
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Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Professional athletes‚ such football and basketball players‚ do not deserve the high salaries that they are paid. With a growing awareness of maintaining health‚ sports‚ in this day and age‚ have gradually become indispensable parts of daily life. Some well-known professional athletes have even been considered as role models to the many teenagers. A question‚ however‚ may be laid on whether athletes deserve high salaries. From my view‚ the
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cashiers would not be able to protect themselves and the money in the cash register. Another example is that if someone breaks into your home to steal from you or hurt you‚ how are you going to protect yourself and your belongings? The police take too long to get to your home‚ so we need our right to bear arms! While it is important to protect ourselves‚ it is also important to hunt. It has been a source of food since the beginning of time. Unless hunters are able to use guns there will be less
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‘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 Ronaldo earned £15 million last year for
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One of these groups is athletes. Professional athletes get paid far too much money and they shouldn’t be paid as much. Here is a good question: why are luxuries paid more than necessities? “It is a sad commentary on our societal values that these entertainers are taking in seven figure while teachers‚ police officers‚ and firefighters make less than one percent of the income of some athletes (Hjlem 12).” The money athletes are getting paid should be given to all the people who help us in our everyday
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Professional athletes paid too much? There are many opinions on this issue. The owners should pay the professional athletes more money to counter the fact that they can be injured and the time spent away from their family. The skill of the players is undoubtedly the best in the world. Job security with the athletes doesn’t exist. The injuries that the athletes can endure can ruin their career and also their life after the sport. To conclude professional athletes are not paid too much. The skill of the
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Are Professional Athletes being Paid too Much? An Editorial on the Overlooked Salary Difference Matt Crandall SHS Junior Walking through the halls of Sally High one day‚ my ear caught the words of two young individuals debating over an interesting topic. It was a discussion on the large pay difference between what they thought were hard working Americans and jobs of the entertainment market. As I continued to think more in depth about this current discussion that had just been overheard
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anything‚ there are baseball‚ football‚ basketball players that get paid millions for just playing a game. Some of the people that make so much money donate to charities. Others just use the money to make themselves feel good. Some of the players sit on the bench all year long and still get paid millions. First and foremost‚ athletes shouldn’t get paid so much because of all the homeless children in the world. Athletes are paid millions each year to just play a game or sit on the bench and watch
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How much is too much? With gas prices soaring‚ the housing market crumbling‚ poverty rates rising‚ and the country sinking into more debt by the day‚ money is on a lot of people’s minds right now. Millions of people are struggling to put food on the table while celebrities are signing multi-million dollar contracts for movies and sports. Many entertainment and sports personalities have very high incomes‚ while most people in "ordinary" professions like nurses‚ doctors and teachers earn only
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