PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES ARE NOT OVERPAID SUBMITTED TO PROFESSOR O’SHAUGHNESSY IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF ENGLISH 102 BY LOGAN POLLEI APRIL 30‚ 2013 2 REASONS WHY PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES ARE NOT OVERPAID In this paper‚ I will be discussing the research question‚ “Are professional athletes overpaid?” After researching the topic‚ I came up with the conclusion that professional athletes are not overpaid based on the amount of money
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and they serve this country (Nurses make 71‚000 dollars‚ doctors make 189‚000 dollars‚ construction workers make about from 20‚230 and 59‚900 dollars‚ and military fighters make 76‚841 dollars). A numerous amount of people believe that athletes are overpaid. Compared to people who work and dedicate their entire life‚ their income added up all these years still does not add up to how much an athlete makes per year (Averagely‚ people make around 50‚000 dollars per year.) This is all the more why athletes
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too many zeros in it‚ I believe that these individuals are dedicating themselves so fully to their occupation‚ purely for our entertainment I might add‚ should not be villainized for the amount of their reimbursement.” (Are Professional Athletes Overpaid? 1). Professional athletes are put on a pedestal and they come out and perform when their sport
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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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Do you have a role model? Have you ever tried so hard to do something? Well‚ that’s what athletes’ do for a living. Many people say that athletes’ are overpaid but I disagree. An athlete like LeBron James deserves a good salary for all the work he has done and the self-image he creates. The sports industry contains many jobs from cheerleading to coaching and if players were terrible why would anyone work for them? Jobs‚ they pay for our necessities. There are many jobs that are involved with
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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 much‚ but the president gets paid
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YES THEY ARE OVERPAID. Athletes are talented human beings but are they worth the millions that they are paid? Male athletes are among the most highly paid people in the world. Especially in basketball and football‚ every player is enormously paid. Though economics is the key to understanding why these athletes earn such tremendous salaries‚ still‚ it fails to explain why they actually do deserve it. Giving athlete’s high wages does not only distort them‚ but also bring downfall to clubs and the
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Abstract The essay looks at an empirical analysis into the main player and club characteristics that determine the transfer fee of a player. Using a competitive model and data from the Premier League spanning from July 2006 – September 2011‚ this paper will look to find and model the main factors that affect the price paid for a player. The paper will identify which characteristics directly affect the value of a transfer fee and the reasons behind these results. 1. Introduction 1.1 Outline
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In my first source‚ it says that ‘According to the public‚ an appropriate salary for a decent footballer would be seventy-five thousand pound– the same as for a top doctor. Since 1961 the average wage of a hard working miner has increased by 6% whilst the top footballer’s wage has increased by 1439% for kicking a ball around a football pitch. I understand that lots of people enjoy football and support teams because they are local etc. but don’t you think they’re paid a too much money? Christiano
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Rhetorical Analysis In the article “Do Professional Athletes get paid too much?” by Mihir Bhagat‚ goes on to talk about different ways why athletes get over paid. He talks about the various athletes that get paid the most and compares what they do to what people in the economy make. He claims that they also teach people some bad things to look up too. Mihir does a great job explaining about when we pay athletes too much‚ what it can lead to and have an effect in the world. The article came
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