Edelman‚ the author of “Athletes Make a Lot of Money - And it’s not OK” and Mark LaMonica‚ the author of “Life After Football” argue whether professional league athletes are really worth the amount of money they are paid per year. Pro athletes are overpaid because they receive millions of
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Are Athletes Overpaid? It gets the wheels turning in your head when you hear that the budget is falling apart and people are losing their jobs on the news. Following that is the sports news where athletes are signing several million dollar contracts and debating player’s performances. We all know that there is a lot of talent out there but should we paying millions of dollars for someone that plays a sport for a living? Can someone that can run fast or throw a ball so good that they deserve
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“The answer to the question of whether American CEOs are overpaid is clearly "yes"; for those who earn large bonuses and generous stock options when their companies are doing badly‚ either absolutely or relative to competitors. As mentioned in an article written by Gary Beckner and Richard Posner. This research paper will discuss in details the facts that have been research as to why CEOs are being overpaid. It will discuss the pros and cons of the CEOs salary and compensation and how employees should
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15 April 2013 An Overpaid Profession The salaries of athletes in professional sports are becoming increasingly high. A salary cap should be instituted in Major League Baseball because it would level out the playing field‚ lower salaries would increase revenue‚ and because of this athlete’s personas are becoming inflated. Alex Rodriguez makes $29.5 million dollars a year (Ozanian 26); should a 37 year old who has had hip surgery make that much money playing professional baseball? With the establishment
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Are Athletes Overpaid The average athlete can make more than the President of the United States; how is that fair? Athletes‚ like Tom Brady‚ are overpaid and make more that the average families that work till they are 70 years old. Do athletes really deserve to make that much? The answer is no‚ they do no. First‚ athletes make way over a million dollars in one year. The average income of an American family is about 54‚000 dollars a year. A nurse only makes 70‚000 dollars a year. Compare that to
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bonuses of any sort. Are professional players that are part of the NFL paid too much? Some might say that there are doctors and people like the president that really do save people’s lives and help and that they should get paid millions. Then people like me saying that no they are not overpaid and that they are the best at what they can do. The odds of making the NFL is about 1.6% and that 1 injury may be the end of all of that‚ Not to blame the players but more like the people and the organizations
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* We all know doctors save lives‚ Soldiers protect lives. So why do athletes earn more than both of these combined. * The average NBA player earns 5.5 million dollars per year * The average MLB salary is 2.8 million Dollars * The average NFL salary is 1.8 million dollars * All of these salaries are not including endorsements * Famous boxer Floyd Mayweather just made 32 million for one fight against Miguel Cotto * Athletes in today’s society are earning substantial amount
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Are NBA players overpaid? The subject of money can be very controversial when it comes to sports in general. Whether it is the NFL‚ NBA‚ or MLB‚ they all exist because of large sums money. The NBA in particular produces billions of dollars of revenue each year in advertisements‚ ticket sales‚ apparel‚ and other forms. Through these different forms of revenue‚ a portion of this money goes to all 30 teams in the NBA. In the millions of dollars that each team receives‚ parts of it go to the owners
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Do Footballers get Paid too Much? Many people think that footballers are paid too much money for doing too little effort. However‚ this can be argued because they are people who have dedicated their entire life to this sport and therefore they should be rewarded. This leads us to the question: Do footballers deserve high salaries? Firstly‚ some famous footballers are paid huge amounts of money‚ Cristiano Ronaldo for example is paid millions of euros every year to play for his parent club Real
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Are Athletes Overpaid? Many people in today’s society say that athletes make too much money and they are paid just for playing a game. What people often forget is how difficult it is to make it into professional sports and that ultimately sports is a business and like any other business athletes receive a salary for a service they provide. Many people believe athletes are being paid for little work‚ but in fact they work at the same level or even a higher level as other workers do. Making it into
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