...Are Professional Athletes Overpaid? Have you ever considered how much money does an average person need to be able to have food three times a day, have a house, be able to send their children to school to get an education and even have a car? Realistically, all of this plus a little more can be done with an income of between $45,000 and $55,000 easily. For some reason, it was decided by us, people who labor is harder than the most, like janitors, factory workers, and even factory workers, should be paid less than someone that sits on a desk all day or someone that gets paid to play a game for living. Athletes today are the highest paid people in the world, with the exclusion of Donald Trump and Bill Gates. If you think about it, it is absurd to believe that someone is really worth millions of dollars and all they do is play a sport. Millions of people would do this for free if they had the chance. For that reason, I believe professional athletes are overpaid for many reasons. In USA Today Magazine, under section Your Life it says, “Although many professional athletes apparently still feel underpaid, just two percent of the public agrees, according to a survey conducted by Roper Starch Worldwide. In fact, the vast majority of Americans think athletes are overpaid.”(USA Today) This is ridiculous to hear for these athletes already making millions of dollars which is way more than they deserve. Also, in this article it states that professional athletes get paid what...
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...According to “Two Sides to Every Coin: Are Professional Athletes Overpaid” The highest Bears player made over 13 million dollars in 2011. Most athletes become broke because of the amounts of money they receive. Careers that educate, and possibly save our lives. If athletes didn’t get paid so much then more important careers would receive the money they deserve. A lot of famous good athletes usually owe more than 6.7 million dollars and end up going broke, professional athletes are overpaid. Athletes use money in many disrespectful ways, a lot of them unfortunately treat that serious money they receive. For example, Kenny Anderson was whining about how he could not afford insurance on his 8 cars. That's just ridiculous! According to the 2009...
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...What are we paying for? Has it ever crossed your mind about how much a professional athlete’s salary is? It might overwhelm you. Normal people have to provide food on their table, gas in their car, and clothes on their backs. Only with a mediocre paycheck. People who labor the most, get the most mediocre paychecks. This is one thing that should change. The money that professional athletes make should go to other, more important causes like feeding the homeless, or at least a portion of the revenue. Making such a large amount of money can make a person financially unstable believe it or not. Athletes’ paycheck should be cut a decent sum. One reason an athlete’s paycheck should be cut is because others who work harder than they do, receive a very mediocre paycheck. (http://www.termpaperwarehouse.com/essay-on/Are-Athletes-Overpaid/177751) Hard working people get to come home exhausted every night, only to turn on their television and watch someone get paid millions of dollars by doing what they love. This would not make them feel very good about themselves. An average American makes between $55,000-$65,000 dollars a year. (http://www.termpaperwarehouse.com/essay-on/Are-Athletes-Overpaid/177751) This is barely enough to pay the bills, put food on the table, or even put gasoline in their car. Products in our daily lives are becoming more and more expensive by the second, but our paychecks are staying the same. Behind people like Bill Gates or Warren Buffet, athletes are the highest...
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... In our discussion we will cover why athletes are considered role models and if they should be. Also we will discuss the debate of why many athletes make millions of dollars before even playing a game and if they are actually being overpaid. Throughout the paper we will explain how pop culture effects why these players get paid what they do by ratings and popularity of the sport. We research why teams take risks on players risking millions of dollars when that money could go back to the fans. In looking at major sports in America in referencing professional athletes as role models . Yes, we know how much money they make and what type of endorsement deals they get; what types of clothing they wear in to the locker rooms before/after the games and to press conferences; if they have of the field incident it is known to the public via media outlets; These athletes are looked up to for the skills possess during the sporting event. These people are great athletes again they are not recognized for what they do off the field of play. Most of Americans all ages that compete in sports copy some type body movement; buy a piece of equipment; develop a swagger that is influenced by professional athletes through which is seen during the time the time competition. These athletes are not recognized for time they spend doing volunteer work, unless it is publicized through television marketing; being great husbands or fathers. Athletes are judged for what they do on the fields not how the smart...
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...Are Athletes Overpaid? Do athletes really deserve the amount they are paid? Athletes are way overpaid. They make more than most. They also don’t deserve the amount they earn because they just play basketball for a living while people saving others lives don’t make that much. Many professional athletes get paid millions of dollars. Some people think athletes are overpaid and I agree. Athletes should not make more than people who risk their lives for us. Athletes also should not make more than our President. “Nurses who dedicate their lives to care for others didn’t make that much.” says the article “Are Athletes Overpaid?”(page 24) Which is true. Our nurses should make more than our basketball team. Another fact is “ Firefighters who pull...
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...When addressing the value of entertainment, there is without a doubt, that we as a society value entertainment highly. But there is no reason that these athletes, who are here to merely entertain us, get paid higher wages than those that save our lives and teach us such as medical doctors and teachers. Professional athletes do not offer society an essential function that improves or enhances our world in comparison to other professionals. It is my claim that professional baseball players are paid more than they are worth. 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 doesn’t only distort them, but also bring downfall to clubs and the country’s economy. The growth and the development of a sport may be reflected from the wages of the athletes and that is all it does. In conclusion, Team owners pay more to keep athletes on the team to be on a winning streak, but whether the drive to win is justifiable remains in doubt. The economic system involving sports, corporate America, and the media is an interdependent one. Athletes make huge sums of money paid to them by owners who make even larger sums of money. Agents, free agency, and other phenomena keep athlete salaries rising. So, too, does increased ticket sales to games, increased TV viewership, enormous media contracts, TV advertising, and corporate sponsorship and endorsement deals. The economic rewards...
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...Are Athletes Overpaid ? Athletes ore overpaid for playing a game and it's not fair to others who actually risk their lives for us everyday such as firefighters,police,soldiers.etc.Nfl players are not risking their lives they are running around throwing a football. they are paid way too much and especially paid to much when they are not financially stable with all that money.people might as well pay them millions of dollars for playing average tag.Now granted they do put there bodies under stress. Most NFL players do not know how to handle their money. People might think that a lot of money is like heaven but it's more like a ton of problems if you are not financially responsible like most NFL payers.One of the worst parts about it is that most of the players will go bankrupt after three years of retirement or even pocket empty( broke) because they are not financially responsible.Now yes sometimes people see something they like and are tempted to buy it but usually that person would have a sense of “oh wait I have bills next week”but then there is NFL players”nah man I'm gonna get paid millions of dollars next year so let's go on a spread!”But what if that next year doesn't come and they retire before then or even FIRED!!In conclusion professional...
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...Analysis, I chose the essay “Do Professional Athletes Get Paid Too Much Money?” by Mihir Baghat. This particular essay is about how athletes make way more money than they deserve and how wrong that is due to the fact that the American society is a place where salaries and wages are based on the value of ones’ work and that a person should be paid according to the economic importance and value to society. By writing “Do Professional Athletes Get Paid Too Much Money?” Baghat is trying to inform the reader about the amount of money professional athletes are making now a day and that they should get paid a lot less. He is doing this by giving examples of jobs that he thinks deserve a lot more money than what professional athletes are getting paid. Teachers are great examples of this. Baghat states that “Teaching is one of the most economically important occupations if you really think about it. Our future economies rely on how well we educate our youth, and yet teachers are paid a mere fraction of what a professional athlete receives” (Baghat). Another example is when Baghat talks about President Obama and how he gets paid a lot less than professional athletes even though the President makes important decisions affecting the entire world. This essay is very one-sided at times but overall it does achieve its goal of convincing the reader that professional athletes get paid too much and that the amounts of money being spent on paying these professionals could be better used to pay the...
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...statement that a person’s success in life can only be measured by money. Although as a society we often judge people by their professions and how much money they earn, it does not cover the whole story of success. For example, someone who works hard to open a business is more successful than one who simply inherits it from a successful parent. Furthermore, fulfilling a dream of starting a business, singing in a choir or travelling to places one has always hoped to see can all be called success. Most of all, we measure a person’s success by the healthy relationships people form with family and friends and by their satisfaction in the work that supports their daily needs. Unit 4. Please listen carefully Professional Athletes and Entertainers Some People feel that professional athletes and...
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...Gage Meyers Mrs. Byers Comp. 1-4 15 April 2014 Athletes Do Not Deserve What They Are Paid It would be great to make 31.3 million dollars a year. Adding an additional 47 million dollars in endorsements for simply playing a game that an athlete loves. Michael Jordan, along with several other professional athletes, think getting paid millions of dollars is perfect. In the 1996 season, after playing 3,106 minutes, Michael Jordan made 170,000 dollars a day which is the equivalent of 160.97 dollars a second (Christian Science Monitor). Another unbelievable statistic is Mike Tyson's earnings in his match with Peter McNeeley. In a single second, he made 281,000 dollars (Christian Science Monitor). Alex Rodriguez will be paid $29 million this season, making him the highest paid player in baseball (Newsday). Rodriguez’s salary is $4 million more than the entire 25-man roster of the Houston Astros will make this year (Newsday). Athletes do not deserve all that money. President Obama’s salary is 400,000 dollars. President Obama is the leader of the ‘United States of America, and he is paid less than a professional athlete that sits on the bench in any professional sport. Professional athletes are easily the most over paid job in America. Professional athletes are overpaid in several professional sports. Professional sports generate massive revenues, and the athletes who play these sports are being paid tremendously high salaries. New York Yankees baseball star, Alex Rodriguez, signed a contract...
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...Do professional athletes make too much money? Neumann University Daniel Kilpatrick Every year player's salaries reach new highs. Athletes are treated as celebrities in American society and idolized by young athletes. The kids who see what their favorite player is doing through the media also are being influenced by them. The example that professional athletes set is very important because they looked up to. The example that many athletes set is unfortunately a negative one. Most people think that athletes make too much money but there are those that believe they are paid fairly. The enormous amount of money that professional athletes receive is having a negative effect on kids today. Athletes should make less money to play a game because the huge contracts that they receive give them power. They are concerned with making money and not the example that they are creating for today’s youth. Professional players feel that they earn every dollar of the millions they make every year to play a game. Those who think that players are paid fairly in professional sports argue that since athletes make so much money for their teams they should compensated accordingly. According to Forbes magazine "The average NFL team is worth $957 million" (Forbes, 2012). Teams generate large profits and as a result can afford to pay athletes large salaries. The past NFL season, players and team owners tried to come to an agreement before the season. According to Pete...
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...Are Athletes Overpaid? Last year, NBA all-star Lebron James made a whopping 71 million dollars. That’s about a fraction of what a family income makes in a lifetime. These men and women work for entertainment. What about the firefighters who pull children out of a fire and the doctors who save people’s lives every day? They are all doing things for a purpose. With more athletes, the world cannot move forward. But with doctors coming out with cures and medicines help our life. While entertainment does not make a direct impact. Other jobs prove to be much more difficult while jobs in the NBA or NFL require physical talent. Doctors and firefighters have to take their jobs seriously. The men and women dying for our country every day and the families losing their precious sons and daughters are the ones that deserve 70 million a year. Not people who throw a ball accurately into a hoop....
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...In a society where jobs are scarce, people are cutting back, and families are losing their homes, athletes are signing huge contracts worth tens of millions of dollars. If you were a teenager who just got his first part-time job you would think making minimum wage ($13) was a fortune. I mean, working part time could bring in a paycheck upwards of $200! Now imagine you’re Lebron James. Your first paycheck from your first job got you almost 13 million for three years. Now, $13 an hour doesn’t sound too great in comparison to athlete’s salaries. LeBron’s salary is just one example of the absurdity surrounding athlete’s paychecks. In 2009, the average salary for basketball player was around 6 million. An average baseball player made around 3 million, a hockey player, around 2 million and football players made an around 1 million. The reason athletes are paid so much is because of the fans that “sponsor” them. These are ordinary Americans who idolize their favorite athletes and are willing to pay hundreds to see them play. Not only this, but the popularity fans bring to athletes gets those athletes advertising jobs and other ways of making money outside of their sport. The middle class is getting paid less...
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...1. Title of Speech: “Athletes Salaries’. Are They Justified?” 2. Speaker Role/Audience: Student/An Athletic Board 3. Specific Purpose of Speech: To convince my audience that athletes’ salaries are not justified. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I. Brief Introduction and History of Topic: $90 million, $80 million. That adds up to a lot of money. Imagine how many mouths you could feed or how many kids could go to college with that money. Unfortunately, $90 million is the contract Nike gave Lebron James before he even touched an NBA basketball. $80 million was his contract extension in 2006 (USA Today). During the Great Depression of the 1930s, the biggest news in pro sports was Babe Ruth's contract, which paid him $75,000 per year, more than the President of the United States. (Show me the money!) According to the Seattle Times, when confronted about making more than the president, Ruth famously replied “Why Not? I had a better year than him.” Now even the lowest paid pro athletes earn almost as much as the President, who makes $400,000 a year. Later, in 1964, the Saint Louis Cardinals and the New York Jets got in a bidding war over Alabama quarterback, Joe Namath. The Jets came out on top, showing Namath a pretty decent deal. According to Harvey Frommer, sports author, Namath was “signed to a four-year contract at $25,000 per season, plus a $200,000 bonus. Scouting jobs...
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...money for other necessities. You did not save enough money in high school and your family does not have money to give you. You are a college athlete. Athletic boosters tempt the athletes with illegal benefits because most do not have money for their own use. The NCAA makes millions of dollars off a college athlete’s performance. The NCAA is a not-for-profit agency that does not operate like one. If college athletes received a yearly stipend from the NCAA, then they might not be lured to take illegal benefits and would have spending money to enjoy the college life experience and pay for needed college items, such as a computer or supplies. For those reasons, college athletes should be paid by the NCAA for the services they provide to their schools. Critics against student athletes being paid believe in the benefits of the athletic scholarship. However, past athletes received improper benefits, financial and otherwise. Reggie Bush accepted improper benefits when he played football for University of Sothern California. According to the article, “Paying College Athletes,” “…current NFL star Reggie Bush-had violated its amateurism rules when his family moved into an expensive home owned by a local businessman with whom Bush and his family had had business dealings related to Bush’s football career” (Paying College Athletes par. 7). Reggie Bush and his family collected an excess of $290,000 from sports agent Lloyd Lake. Lake sued Bush and his family to be repaid...
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