1 In today’s society many will argue whether or not 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
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t isn’t everyday that someone in professional sports gets paid 20 million a year all of a sudden‚ they work for it. Athletes aren’t overpaid with all the expenses and health risk that they take for our entertainment. To begin with athletes aren’t overpaid in their careers. Athletes work hard‚ almost every day they travel to different cities for games which means a lot of nights in hotels‚ so they are always on the road. Athletes use spare time they have to practice for games‚ so they are always busy
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Alec Morris Miss Murfee English 112 D-11 October 26‚ 2012 Are Players Overpaid? When sports exploded in the 1900’s athletes were paid like regular working citizens. Most athletes had to work over the summer to keep their mortgages paid. In present day‚ professional athletes are dished out astronomical salaries in exchange for their play. Many of these athletes have the opportunity to be set for life within the first years of their contracts. Eighteen and nineteen year olds are given multi-million
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salary to throw a stick.”- Breaux Greer. Breaux Greer is an 8 time American Champion and American record holder for throwing a javelin 91.29 meters. This quote shows that athletes are getting paid loads of money for doing little things. The Issue with overpaid athletes is when they step on the field‚ or pitch‚ or court‚ they earn hundreds of thousands or even millions. Nowadays‚ athletes don’t play for the love of the game. They just play for the money so they can fill their needs. Athletes in professional
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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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seems that cross-culturally there is a common belief that professional athletes are extremely overpaid. Professional athletes worldwide are often questioned regarding their controversially large amount of pay. Taking into consideration the amount of workload and pressure most professional athletes deal with‚ it can be justified that they deserve the amount of money they make‚ showing that they are not overpaid. Firstly‚ consumers are willing to pay the athletes large amounts of money and also‚ they
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In my 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
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Edelman‚ the author of “Athletes Make a Lot of Money - And it’s not OK” and Mark LaMonica‚ the author of “Life After Football” argue whether professional league athletes are really worth the amount of money they are paid per year. Pro athletes are overpaid because they receive millions of
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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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