English 1013 4 April 2005 Argument I believe professional athletes are overpaid. These athletes are making millions of dollars to have fun and play. They are getting paid to do what elementary kids do every day. Professional athletes are should be paid about sixty to ninety thousand a year. The reason I say this much is because they are at a professional level and have worked hard to get to that status. In theory‚ professional athletes are overpaid because the U.S. is more focused on entertainment
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earn money without ever doing their job. That’s how it is for many athletes who sit on the bench and don’t play a single game‚ yet are paid millions of dollars anyways. Professional athletes are paid way too much for the careers they have chosen. Careers that are beneficial to our society have a lower pay grade than the majority of these athletes. The President of the United States annual pay of $400‚000‚ is less than most athletes pay. Also‚ the highest paid doctor makes an average of $500‚000 annually
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does on the basketball court and football field. Marquiss and other sports players in college should only have to focus on playing the sports they play. College athletes like Marquiss should get paid because they are very important to a school‚ pay would help with tuition and athletes can get overwhelmed. The first reason that college athletes are very important to a school. People who play sports in college don’t get paid for the work they do. They could get hurt or injured and they don’t get paid
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Bri Oliver A.P English 3B Mrs. Scott 25 Jan. 2012 Student Athlete Requirements: Too Strenuous or not Enough? When kids are little‚ most everyone will participate in some sort of little league sports program. Most of those children will then continue on to play that sport threw high school and if they are lucky‚ even threw college. When a child is young and in sports‚ the responsibility that ensures that grades are being maintained falls into the hands of the parents‚ so therefore it is a rare
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opinion‚ athletes are way overpaid. They are only playing a game against another team and they get paid thousands of dollars just to do so when people who save other people’s lives don’t get paid enough. On the other hand‚ we sometimes take the time out of our day to watch people play football‚ basketball‚ baseball‚ etc. We stand in front of our TV to watch and cheer them on. They play for us. There are a couple reasons why I think athletes are overpaid. Those reasons are that athletes make up to
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Should College Athletes be Paid? “But‚ is money such a big problem for these student-athletes? Don’t they receive scholarships? How much more money do they need?” (Meshefejian). College athletes getting paid is a big issue because it leads to many question on if they do get paid or don’t. If college athletes got paid they would have to deal with how much they should get paid and who gets paid the most. But many that say they should get paid is because they raise a lot of money for their schools and
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popular activities watched regularly all around the world today. The athletes who play these professional league sports have one of the most difficult jobs. They have to wake up early in the morning‚ attended challenging practices that last for hours‚ have the constant stress of the public watching their every move‚ and on top of that‚ have to deal with the constant fear of being injured on the field. Jesse Edelman‚ the author of “Athletes Make a Lot of Money - And it’s not OK” and Mark LaMonica‚ the author
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have parents pay for college. If a student play a sport in high school and are lucky enough to get drafted to play for a college you might get a full ride.Many colleges will profit off of their athletes not give their student athletes anything in return. So one of the biggest questions is should student athletes be paid more than just scholarships? My opinion like many others say that they should get paid for playing sports. Big name schools like Ohio State University‚ Notre Dame‚and Syracuse University
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Athletes in the past did not always accumulate as much wealth as today’s multi millionaire athletes. Although many resent the high salaries they earn‚ the industry they earned their way into raises billions of dollars in revenue. Not too mention the hard work and rigorous schedule athlete must go through‚ only a small percentage of society are capable playing in professional sports leagues. To compensate fairly compensate athletes for their popularity‚ world class abilities‚ and demanding work schedule
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professional athletes are overpaid. In the present time athletes are being paid phenomenally large amounts of money for their entertainment. It is my claim that all professional athletes are overpaid because they do not offer society an essential function that improves or enhances our world in comparison to other professionals such as medical doctors‚ lawyers‚ and teachers. Society does not value entertainment enough to warrant such high salaries such as those of many professional athletes. There
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