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    Professional athletes need a reality check on how important they really are to society. Prescott will make $680‚848 this year‚ with bonuses added to his $450‚000 base salary. Making this amount of money for simply playing a game is outrageous. The question shouldn’t be are professional athletes making enough‚ but rather: are they making too much? United States Marines are fighting for our country‚ but according to the 2012 military pay charts‚ a Marine in his first four months as an E-1‚ earns $1

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    Today ’s professional athletes make ridiculous salaries and are only increasing year after year. Every year we hear how a professional athlete just signed a contract worth a record amount. Then about the same time next year we hear about another athlete is signing a new contract worth even more than the previous high. Professional athletes are making too much money in a society that salaries and wages are typically based on the value of ones work. In today ’s society where salaries are determined

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    that athletes get paid way too much money? Athletes gets paid more then the person who controls our country. Also the franchises get payed more then the athlete and that’s why athletes get paid so much. Salary comparison‚ respect and prestige‚ and fans supporting the team is why pro athletes make so much money. One of the first reasons why athletes get paid way too much is because of all of the fans that buy things to support the teams. I think that athletes are getting paid way too much money but

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    Are professional athletes paid too much? Today’s sport’s world is the biggest revenue making industry in the world. Different sports bring in different amounts of revenue but they are all enormous amounts. I myself love sports so there are a few sports that I contribute to financially also. Is it fair that professional athletes get paid millions of dollars to entertain us? It is known that the sporting industry Sporting events is a place for people to go‚ relax‚ have fun‚ and do something they

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    “Do Professional Athletes get Paid too much Money” is written by Mihir Bhagat a senior analyst. Bhagat believes professional athletes make too much money. In his article he explains the amount of money someone is paid should be based on the economic importance and value of the job for society (1). He thinks playing a game isn’t very important when it comes to society (1). Bhagat states that teachers and even the president of the United States get paid less than professional athletes. The article then

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    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

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    having too much money

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    Auric Bank Pls Report Executive summary I would like to resume some options that the directors of the bank should consider. Option 1: Keep the call centres in-house. The option try to reduce costs by: using more part-time employees‚ reducing the hours of business of the centres‚ increasing the targets for the number of calls handled per hour. Option 2: Outsource the call centres to a company based in South Africa. Resource Pls‚ a Cape Town firm‚ which has an excellent reputation for reliability

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    Athletes are playing in sports every left and right all around the world. But many people think they are getting paid too much. But many don’t think that they do because they earn their money‚ have chronic health problems when they retire‚ and they dedicate their lives to their sport. To begin with‚ athletes do get paid a lot but don’t you think they earn it? Athletes get paid billions and doctors don’t get paid that much but athletes get paid more because they earn it. They earn it like LeBron

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    SITI AISHAH BINTI JAILANI CEB140106 Too Much Money Is a Bad Thing Introduction : Too much of everything is bad whether it’s too much or too little. In this case‚ we can say that too much money is bad for several reason. I have few opinions and evidences to support that too much money is bad. cause greed lose the meaning of life creates a false sense of security Body: too much money will cause someone to become selfish and greedy when human is not grateful‚ they will have the desire to have

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    Imagine someone risking their life for a sport. Examples of the opinions of if professional sports are too much of a risk to athletes’ health or not and why include SOURCE 1: Weighing the Risks‚ SOURCE 2: Let Them Play‚ and SOURCE 3: The Professionals’ Points of View. This essay is going to be about if sports are a risk to athletes’ health. People should not be in aports because of there brain ( a concussion)‚ the risk of not playing ever again‚ and since there are people wanting sports to be more

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