REASONS WHY 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
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Nowadays athletes are everything: looked upon as role models but seen as bad influences‚ praised for being the best and ridiculed for getting to much money. No matter where an athlete goes they will receive both praise and criticism. Professional athletes are hard working people and great for people in society‚ but they are extremely overpaid. The outrageous numbers in an average professional athlete’s salary is at least triple the size of a doctor‚ teacher‚ or solider‚ who has a greater role in
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An athlete is someone who is proficient in sports or other physical exercises. Do you really feel that someone of this standard should be handed millions of dollars for playing games? Athletes jobs pay them enormous amounts of money. Some people argue that these athletes deserve their high paying salaries‚ even so others disagree saying that they are overpaid. These men and women are great sources for entertainment‚ but they’re paid way too much to play games for a living! After athletes retire
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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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dangerous ones and don’t make as much money as you? While athletes devote their lives into their job‚ nurses‚ doctors‚ construction workers‚ firefighters‚ and military fighters don’t even gain that much 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
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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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These athletes are not overpaid because of these three reasons... Some athletes do think they are a little overpaid but some think they are not overpaid. Athletes are not overpaid because they have a short career so not a long time to make money‚ also because they train‚ travel and push themselves to the limit to make people happy‚ and lastly because the injuries are a constant threat and can cause chronic health problems to these athletes. The first reason that athletes are not overpaid
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Athletes Salaries Have you ever thought that athletes are overpaid? Athletes are showing children that they could easily make millions by playing a few games. A majority of people don’t even watch sports but athletes are still paid all of that money. Some athletes are selfish and still‚ think that all of that money isn’t enough. Athletes are paid too much money and people aren’t doing anything about it. Athletes are showing and teaching kids wrong value. Athletes make millions of dollars a
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Do you think athletes deserve the amount of money they make ? I do not think athletes are overpaid. Athletes are not overpaid because they dedicate their lives to their sport‚ have short careers and have chronic health problems. To begin with‚ athletes dedicate their lives to their sport. According to Mackenzie Carro “Athletes like LeBron James dedicate their lives to their sport- to training to traveling and pushing themselves to the limit.” This shows how dedicated athletes are to their sport
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professional athletes are overpaid. In the present time athletes are being paid phenomenally large amounts of money for their entertainment. It is my claim that all professional athletes are overpaid because they do not offer society an essential function that improves or enhances our world in comparison to other professionals such as medical doctors‚ lawyers‚ and teachers. Society does not value entertainment enough to warrant such high salaries such as those of many professional athletes. There
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