Athletes Overpaid

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 up to $36 million in a year and nurses, firemen, doctors, etc, only make $70,000 a year. A family who has to pay for food and take care of their children with sort of low paying jobs get paid around $54,000 a year and athletes get paid around 4-5