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    “More money more problems‚” have you ever wondered why athletes make more money than others. Today many athletes make several million dollars a year‚ hence athletes are significantly overpaid. Athletes jobs don’t have an effect on the world as a whole. Therefore doctors and others for example‚ should be paid more money than professional athletes. Some athletes make several million dollars a year. “It seems morally wrong that athletes would be paid more than people like firefighters‚ who serve the

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    Athletes Are Overpaid What would a typical person do for a million dollars? Who would not want to be paid millions of dollars to play a sport? Most people would agree that athletes are overpaid due to them seeing what athletes do with their money Athletes are overpaid because there are more jobs which require more effort and deserves to be paid more‚ most of those athletes do not live up close to their pay‚ and the money could benefit other matters. First off‚ in the whole world

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    Paycheck. Money. Big houses. Expensive cars. Professional athletes get paid a lot of money for their work‚ so much that they can buy the most expensive cars‚ houses‚ and other items too. For example‚"...Steelers wideout Antonio Brown busted out a custom Rolls-Royce…”(Brinston). While some people may disagree‚ professional athletes are overpaid because they make a lot more money than the people who risk their lives every day for our country‚ also they only work until their 30’s or 40’s‚ and they only

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    Are Professional Athletes Overpaid? In recent years‚ the salaries of many professional athletes have soared‚ allowing them to collect millions every year for merely being on a team. Worshipped by their talent and the appeal of extreme wealth‚ many of these athletes do not see themselves as role models‚ which‚ in turn‚ affects society’s younger generation. Although many of these athletes are perhaps the world’s most talented in their fields‚ their significantly high salaries are unjustifiable

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    Overpaid professional athletes The topic I chose for my essay is overpaid professional athletes. I chose this topic because I think athletes are getting paid way too much money. Athletes get paid way too much for what they contribute to society. They contribute very little compared to other careers that give so much to society but make very little salaries. The professional athletes that people look up too are most of the time bad role models and the ones who are the real heros don’t get

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    Although some individuals and fans believe that professional athletes are paid far too much‚ it is not a fair accusation made against these highly thought of individuals. Some complaints are about how much athletes are paid‚ yet they are still willing to pay outrageous prices to attend these major sporting events. Why is that? “And while so many are under the impression that this paycheck has one too many zeros in it‚ I believe that these individuals are dedicating themselves so fully to their occupation

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    College Athletes Overpaid

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    it professionally. A major issue within college athletics is the monetization of the sports programs and the athletes affected by it. With this in mind and how the athletes generate all of the money to the school from their performances and the amount of work is put in‚ it is right to think that the NCAA should pay college athletes. One side to the controversy of paying college athletes is the monetary/executive part. From games to television commercials there is a substantial amount of money

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    Pro Athletes Are Overpaid

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    “Professional athletes are extremely overpaid for the jobs they do.” The issue of overpaid pro athletes has been around for numerous years. The fact that a man that plays football and plays on a regular basis‚ plays for about 15-16 weeks. That man gets paid over a million dollars at least! I mean if you think about the fact that these players get paid more than the president in most situations‚ It seems hugely absurd! To think that that man plays for such a small amount of time and gets paid so

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    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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    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 make millions a year owning sports companies? It is simple; Athletes get paid too much. The truth is that basketball‚ football‚ and other sports

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