Are Athletes getting paid too much? People think that those who play sports shouldn't be paid more than those paid to teach athletes. A yearly salary for a teacher ranges from 37k - 77k, on the other hand, the athletes they are teaching are getting paid way more. Also, people such as firefighters, police officers, and people in the military are paid nowhere close to professional athletes. They are the ones saving the country but are hardly being paid as much as athletes are. After most athletes get paid and their contract is almost over. They start asking for more and more money. Then when they haven't been paid when they were expected to be paid. They start playing worse and being the whole team down in a team sport, such as football. If a quarterback isn't getting paid, they start playing worse which equals the rest of the team playing worse.
Then after they get paid more and more. Then end up saying they don't have enough money to support their families even though average people working normal jobs are getting paid way less than them. Most contracts come with guaranteed pay. This means no matter what, if the athlete doesn't play at all, they still get paid. Most jobs require them to work to what is expected and if they don't they get fired and there is no guaranteed money they will get.
Another reason why athletes are overpaid is that they have ever used/taken performance-enhancing substances or drugs. They usually just make a bunch of money that pays off the fine and pays off the audience. Some kids and some adults look up to most athletes. If they see or hear about their role model doing drugs that improve their game might teach the audience that these are ok and they should be them. When they are bad for the game and bad for your health.
The other side is that many think they aren’t overpaid, many believe that these athletes put their bodies on the line with the risk of getting seriously hurt. Studies show that 90% of athletes report an injury related to their sport. Some people that play no-contact sports, such as golf, are making anywhere from $50-$150 million. Some athletes believe that they put everything they had to get into the pros. So they think once they get into the pros they should be paid more money than they ever were anywhere else. But in the end, I believe that athletes are way overpaid and jobs/workforces such as teachers and emergency services should be paid more because they educate people that go into professional sports. And some people even save lives and put their life on the line just so people can enjoy sports
Do you think athletes are getting paid too much?
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I think that athletes should be paid about the same as a regular person, becaus ethey are pretty much regular people. Just becasue they can throw a ball hard or far does not mean that they should be paid more that, let's say, someone in the military. When you look at the outrageous amount of money that athletes get paid, you satrt to wonder if that is the right desicion. Athletes need to learn that you can play well even if your not making 7 million a year.
I don't know where I stand on this. I think that they are getting paid a little too much, but not overly so. Their jobs are to play professionally with expert technique and to entertain people. I think that it's because of the sports industry that they are getting paid so much.
I think athletes are getting over paid. Athletes should not be getting more money than many other jobs that you have to get a higher education for. I also don't think that they should get paid if they don't even play. I think other work forces should get paid more than athletes.
I don't think athletes are getting paid too much. Playing professional sports is very hard on your body and it pratically can ruin your life after them, due to how hard they are on your body.
I don't think athletes are getting paid too much. They are professional players and play for professional teams. They also don't get their money from just playing basketball. They probably have merch and other businesses.
I think they are getting overpaid because sometimes most of the people don't even play all the time. Like the kicker of a football game gets paid a lot just for kicking a ball and not even playing for near the half amount of time compared to the defense and offense teams.
I think athetes are getting overpaid becasue there just do it bvecasue there want to and there also do it for the money. I thin k there shouldn't get paid so muchg. But slow there are doing it for money.
I think athletes are getting overpaid compared to the rest of the world. Because some of the superstars want this amount of money, otherwise they won't play for you. There has been contracts where they got overpaid for playing, just because of how bad they did for that team. Some players may get raises if they are playing really good. But, I still think they are getting overpaid just for a sport.
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