Argumentative Paper
Only 18 NFL players have made over 100 million dollar. The NFL makes 25 Billion dollars a year. Is it fair to the athletes, considering they are the face of their leagues?Athletes earn what they deserve. Not all athletes get paid millions of dollars a year, and those that do aren’t all selfish. I like the reasons you made
Not all athletes get paid hundreds of millions of dollars in their career. The average salary is 5 million dollars a year, this might be a lot, but they work their whole lives to prepare for this job. How long do you think NFL players play? The average NFL player only plays 3.5 years, which can require a big salary for the rest of your life. Athletes may make millions, but not all it flows welldo.
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Do they practice countlessly when others are out having fun? Do they retire at 35-45 years of age? It is not athletes fault that other professions don’t get paid enough.
In conclusion, these players earn pennies compared to their leagues. They don’t just buy mansions, some couldn't afford mansions!
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The average salary is 5 million dollars a year, this might be a lot, but they work their whole lives to prepare for this job. How long do you think NFL players play? The average NFL player only plays 3.5 years, which can require a big salary for the rest of your life. Athletes may make millions, but not all it flows welldo. athletes spend their money on themselves
Not all athletes spend their money on themselves. Hence, several athletes have created generous charities, and foundations from funding libraries, to paying for children's hospital fees. For instance, Casey Blake funded Indianola’s Blake Fieldhouse
It may be true that doctors make up to 500,000 Dollars a year however, Do doctors risk their lives every day or physical injury. Do they practice countlessly when others are out having fun? Do they retire at 35-45 years of age? It is not athletes fault that other professions don’t get paid enough.
In conclusion, these players earn pennies compared to their leagues. They don’t just buy mansions, some couldn't afford
Players do not deserve the money they receive. There are people who do much more than the players do. Why do teachers not get paid millions of dollars to teach kids? Some of those kids end up going on to become professional athletes. Police officers and firemen risk their lives to keep people safe and most of them do not even make any more than 95 thousand dollars a year (Megerian). These athletes get fined more money than that and hand it over like someone just asked them for one dollar. Players have all of this money and do not even do anything worth earning it. Why do they get this money? It is because fans value athletes more than the important things in life like education and family.
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Have you ever been saved by an EMS (Emergency Medical Service) worker? Well if you have then they might have saved your life! How much do you think they make each year? Only $31,980, for someone who saved your life. What about a Firefighter who devotes their time and sometimes lives to save people for a variety of things like getting someone out of a car in a car accident or just getting someone out of a burning building. Well it turns out that the Average Salary for a fireman is only $44,373! But wait. What about the threats? They can make an astonishing $25 million dollars a year (MBA). In baseball the top paid player right now is Alex Rodriguez who is making $29,000,000! Together Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony make almost $71,000,000 A
Do you think professional athletes are overpaid? You might think they earn more than what they are worth for playing half a year, but athletes have many things which contribute to their salary. Some of these things include their earnings from endorsements, ticket sales, performance, merchandise, their social contributions, and TV ratings. Although there are many factors that contribute to their salary, professional athletes may be overpaid because as a society, we contribute to their success. So, in the end, part of the athlete’s salary comes from the people who support the sports in the first place. These are just some of the reasons why athletes are paid so much money.
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Do athletes get overpaid? Is it fair that the average NFL player gets paid 1.9 million dollars a year while the average heart surgeon gets paid 533 thousand dollars annually? I think that professional athletes don’t get paid too much. There are multiple reasons that proves that their pay is not excessive. Their careers are short, they risk their body for our entertainment, and they motivate children.
Everything becomes worth it when the players get their check. In 2013, the lowest salary was $490,000, the lowest salary is over 10 times the average salary in 2013. the highest salary in 2013 was 29 million dollars. that's over 55 times of what the average salary was in 2013. The average salary? That is only about 3.5 million dollars. The people that get paid 29 million dollars make what usually people make in their life in only a
Because of the general duties in football the average of time for them playing is close to 6-7 years because of all the hard work that one has put in. The average of a professional football player salary is 1.8 million , unless
Although competitive gamers still sign contracts and get paid salaries, a large portion of their earnings come from winning tournaments. In December of 2015, Ember, a North American League of Legends team, publicly displayed their players’ salaries, making them the first to do so. The highest paid player was “Greyson “Goldenglue” Glimer who will earn $65,000 in salary with a further $27,000 in performance and signing bonuses.” (Duran 2016) Compared to Tom Brady’s current two year $41,000,000 contract, this seems like nothing.
The average MLB player makes $1.5 millions per year (Bliss). There are a lot of opinions on whether athletes and actors are overpaid. Many feel they don’t deserve what they make and others feel they are well worth the millions they get. On average the better players of the MLB get between $two million and $twenty million a year (DeBlieux). Are they really worth that much? Many people think actors and athletes deserve their pay that they get because they entertain people and bring more money into the economy; however, there are other jobs that are way underpaid, police and firefighters, who risk their own lives for complete strangers and make very little when compared to an athlete or an actor.
Soccer is also on the top of the sports list in the money and advertisement money, and also the players’ rate is very high, but that doesn’t mean the NBA players cannot afford the food for their family, an NBA player can make up to $20 million dollar and more per year.
Many players have risen to stardom by becoming a professional athlete. Athletes have come from many different backgrounds; some from wealthy and some from poverty raised backgrounds. Salaries are continuing to rise, and money doesn’t seem to be an issue. Athletes are getting what they want from the owners by negotiating through their agents. Athletes’ salaries aren’t from their owners, but they come from other sources (“Athletes’ Salary”). Athletes get paid an extremely high salary for the work they do, and should consider the value of their work. They do not deserve the extreme amount they get paid and something should by done about it.
The Salary of a Professional Football Player It has been argued that professional football players are being overpaid for their profession. In this essay I shall be expressing the opinions from both sides of the argument in order for myself to come to a conclusion. The general complaint has derived from the general public’s view that only the minority of the money is spent on things other than the players themselves, despite their occupation being one of simplicity and unbeneficial to society when first looked upon. To begin with, I shall overview what effect the pay of these citizens has upon our society if at all.
Sport has always entertained and influenced our lives. It creates dreams for children and goals for adults. However, many fans are oblivious to the millions they pocket each year. It is without doubt that our sports stars are grossly overpaid. Their annual earnings exceed those we make in a lifetime, even when compared to highly qualified professionals.
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. I find it ridiculous that players make millions of dollars a year, and yet demand more. The entertainment that these athletes provide is solely entertainment; it is not essential to the function or productivity of society. If I were to become a professional football player I would not complain about my salary for many reasons. I am playing the sport that I love and getting paid for it. The minimum wage for football is well over $100,000 a year, as is for many professional sports. These reasons by their lonesome are enough to warrant that the salary professional athletes are paid is suffice.