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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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. This now raises a titanic question whether or not athletes are overpaid. I have a firm belief that they are vastly overpaid‚ and there are many supporting reasons. Initially‚ many people might say they gave a lot to charity‚ but on average
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acquires millions of dollars. Some people believe that these athletes have unfair salaries. Athletes are overpaid that the amount they receive is just unfair. Furthermore‚ they’re obtaining stacks money than people who saves lives similar to a surgeon which seems unfair. They don’t even achieve close to the amount of money athletes retrieve. In the other hand‚ about athletes getting overpaid‚ the writer‚ “Jesse Edelman”‚ writes‚” The President of the United States - who run the entire country -
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January 30‚ 2013 Sports Salaries Professional sports are a major part of today’s entertainment. Christopher Hammond believes they earn what they are paid. He states that anyone who makes the case that sports stars are overpaid may be suffering from wealth envy. Athletes work incredibly hard to achieve what they have accomplished according to Hammond. He also says professional athletes produce much more money for others than they themselves receive. Who gets the money then? The people who already
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ARE ACTORS AND PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES OVERPAID? I am a huge fan of the entertainment industry. I believe it takes a lot of skill and tact to do what they do and I also strongly know that professional actors and athletes are not overpaid. My reasons are: Firstly‚ there are certain roles actors and actresses play in movies depending on the genre of such movies. For instance‚ if an actor or an actress is having a play a sexual role‚ he or she will have to be paid a large sum of money because
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Athletes Are Overpaid What/who are athletes really playing for? Professional athletes are getting overpaid‚ but no one is really stopping and thinking about it. I think that Professional athletes shouldn’t get paid as much money.But on the other hand‚ many professional athletes may disagree and say that it’s the right amount of money and not too much. However I think that the facts that support my opinion overshadow the counter statement because there is a bundle of information that exists to support
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Many parents with children know how hard it is to travel on long trips with them. In the short story "The Story Teller" by Saki‚ an aunt was traveling with 3 little children. When the tries to get the children’s attention‚ the children don’t respond to her and continue to disobey her. When a bachelor that was traveling in the same carriage as them starts to tell the offspring’s a story‚ the children‚ with hesitation at first‚ start to listen to him with excitement. The bachelor seemed to know what
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spectrums. Some people; however‚ can score on the higher or lower ends of the spectrums. Jackson Teller‚ also known as Jax‚ from the television series Sons of Anarchy‚ displays traits from each of the five clusters. His behavior and choices are sometimes affected by some of the personality traits that he possesses. Let’s see where Jax falls on the spectrum of each of the clusters. Jackson Teller seems to be more of an extravert than an introvert. He is very sociable‚ outgoing‚ and extremely
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Are professional athletes overpaid? Do they warrant the astronomically high salaries they make each year? The simple answer is no. No one person playing a sport that is meant for entertainment should make more than a whole family working at jobs that contribute to people’s health‚ or make a city safer. Do athletes deserve high salaries? Maybe so‚ but as of right now there is so much separation between the pay of an athlete and the pay of the average american that athletes are quite frankly not worth
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Are Professional Athletes Overpaid? There’s a great deal of controversy over the topic of whether professional athletes are overpaid or not‚ as compared to teachers‚ police officers‚ and firefighters. Jennifer Fontaine‚ a sports promoter‚ clearly states that she believes professional athletes are not over paid‚ due to their careers being short lived due to any serious injury‚ or injuries‚ that could end that highly paid career. On the other hand‚ Roberto Hinojosa‚ a high school math teacher‚ disagrees
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