Professional Athletes are not Overpaid

Professional athletes are not overpaid

Professional athletes are highly talented and determined entertainers with extraordinary physical abilities. They compete in various sports to entertain people and make a living. Those include basketball, football, baseball, hockey, tennis, and the list goes on to any athlete that gets paid to play. These athletes train really hard and for long hours to be the best at what they do. Fans pay to watch them perform because they really enjoy seeing them. Like other entertainers, such as actors and singers, athletes are paid large amounts for their performances. Professional athletes are not overpaid for the amount of physical and mental stress they go through to do their job.

To begin with, the fans are the ones that supply that athletes pay checks, they are the ones that buy tickets to watch their preferred athletes compete. If it is not for the fans that so eagerly want to see their favorite athletes perform and pay to watch them, then an athlete would not get paid. They entertain people by putting on a good show, and the more the demand for the particular sport, the more the players get paid. They also bring in millions for the franchises or teams they work for, so it is only fair they get paid as much. The better a player or athlete, the more he is worth. Professional athletes may get large paychecks but they also have very large medical bills. For example, many athletes get head traumas and that may require surgery. To get that fixed without insurance you would pay approximately forty thousand dollars, and that is not considering therapy (Anonymous par. 6). Moreover, professional athletes are also taxed more than other people. Not only are they taxed in their home states or cities,...

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