Professional Athletes Vs Doctors Argumentative Essay

Summer Libby
Worthen
Argument Essay
2 December 2014
Professional Athletes vs Doctors
Professional athletes have an overwhelming role in todays society. These “heroes” are the idols of many young athletes and appreciated across the country by others of a widely varied age group. However, the purpose of these professional athletes is to entertain avid sports fans. While this is a pretty dominant role in todays society it shouldn’t be as dominant as the role of a doctor. The role of doctors is often overlooked by many. Doctors are also heroes and often execute real life miracles, and have the ability to save lives. Today’s society is mostly caught up in being entertained every second of every day, and the sacrifices doctors make is usually ignored and isn’t usually acknowledged. The average earnings for a
There is specific criteria you need in order to play some of those sports. If you wanted to play in the
NBA you usually have to be around six feet six inches tall. If you wanted to be a doctor all you would have to do is go to college. You can be a doctor no matter your height, weight, age, or race. Even if money is the issue, there are multiple ways to get the money needed to go to school. These doctors do whatever they can to save peoples lives.
Without doctors we probably wouldn’t have professional athletes. Injuries go along with being an athlete. There probably has never been a professional athlete that has not had some type of injury in their career. Injuries also go along with being a doctor. The description of being a doctor is someone who diagnoses and treats injuries and illnesses, and can prescribe medications (bls.gov). When professional athletes get hurt they get inspected by an athletic trainer and then seen by a physician/doctor. The doctors can determine what is wrong with the athlete and gives them the proper equipment needed to nurse the injury back