...other professional athletes thinks so. In the 1996 season, playing 3,106 minutes Michael Jordan made 170,000 dollars a day, equaling out to be 160.97 dollars a second. Even more unbelievable are Mike Tyson's earnings in his match with Peter McNeeley. In a single second, he made 281,000 dollars ("Professional AthletesÉ"). Do these athletes really deserve all that money? "Professional athletes are making too much money in a society where salaries and wages are traditionally based on the value of ones work" ("Professional AthletesÉ"). In today's society, one will be paid more if their job is more economically important. However, teaching is one of the most economically important occupations because our future economy relies on the education of its youth, yet teachers are paid much less than the average professional athlete. The U.S President makes decisions that affect our economy and yet he only makes 250,000 dollars a year (Turner). Professional athletes do not play near as vital role in the economy as the president, but their salaries reflect otherwise. These games are supposed to be played for fun, not for millions of dollars. Opponents of this view say payment is being received for a service, therefore professional sports are a business. Many people believe athletes are being paid for little work, but in fact they work harder than any one else. Not only do they work during their particular season; they also work in the off season. Most professional athletes...
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...Professional athletes not only receive millions of dollars in contracts and bonuses to play their sports, but the most popular ones make even more money from endorsement deals that have nothing to do with the sports they participate in. Pro athletes certainly aren’t better at acting than the typical commercial actor who would get paid much less to be in the same commercial. Professional athletes not only receive millions of dollars in contracts and bonuses to play their sports, but the most popular ones make even more money from endorsement deals that have nothing to do with the sports they participate in. Pro athletes certainly aren’t better at acting than the typical commercial actor who would get paid much less to be in the same commercial. Professional athletes not only receive millions of dollars in contracts and bonuses to play their sports, but the most popular ones make even more money from endorsement deals that have nothing to do with the sports they participate in. Pro athletes certainly aren’t better at acting than the typical commercial actor who would get paid much less to be in the same commercial. Professional athletes not only receive millions of dollars in contracts and bonuses to play their sports, but the most popular ones make even more money from endorsement deals that have nothing to do with the sports they participate in. Pro athletes certainly aren’t better at acting than the typical commercial actor who would get paid much less to be in the same commercial...
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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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...There’s no denying the fact that entertainers and professional athletes make very large sums of money. Some people will make over a million in a year, but are they paid too much for their occupations. It might surprise you to learn that doctors and scientist earn much less than most professional athletes. Doesn’t it seem kind of unfair that people who have worked day and night to get these top of the line careers are being paid almost 2 million less than the average professional hockey player? It takes over 10 years to become a doctor, it takes about 6 years of school to apply for a job at NASA, and it takes little to no education to become a famous comedian or professional athlete. Although it may seem that two of those jobs pay...
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...Imagine a world where somebody gets payed more money to throw a ball through a hoop then to save somebodies life. Well believe it or not, that’s the type of world that we live in today. Professional athletes and entertainers are payed loads of money that they don’t deserve. Athletes are not important to society, they also don’t work nearly as hard as many other workers, and there are many important occupations that get payed much less. We all enjoy going to a sports game every once and a while but in reality athletes are not vital to our lives. All that they do is tackle each other while people sit watching them. One would think that a person that makes billions of dollars every year would play a much more vital role in society but the truth...
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...Many professional athletes and entertainers earn large sums of money. Do you agree or disagree with these individuals making such high salaries? I agree in my opinion because these individuals bring joy and laughter into people’s lives. Some of them have charities to help others, like the elderly and children. Some of these people are someone else's role model and give their lives meaning. Some of these athletes and entertainers have charities to help people. For example, Michael Jordan donates money to the Boys and Girls Club of America. He helps those children so they can have a better life. The entertainer Kevin Hart supports a charity called the Make a Wish Foundation, this charity helps a child’s wish actually come true....
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...Do you think athletes should earn a large sum of money for just a little bit of work? Certain people go through so much more than athletes some people are on the side of the road begging for food. Athletes average about fifty thousand dollars for just playing a game. It is very unfair but they earn it through what they go through to get as good as they are. Professional athletes and entertainers should earn that amount of money because of all the hard work, sacrifice, and disencouragement from the public. First of all, professional athletes and entertainers work very hard. The work that athletes go through is training they have to train and practice all the time for the next game.Entertainers have to work and tell the actors what to do...
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...Professional athletes should be more aware of their actions because of their celebrity status making them role models for children. With all the media surroundind athletes in every aspect of their lives, one would think they would want to be more aware of their actions, role models or not. If an athlete gets a speeding ticket, everyone knows. If an athlete has an affair, everyone knows. I am not saying athletes should be perfect, because no one is. I am just saying they should think a little more about what they do because children look up to them more often than not. This is evident in the amount of sports posters, pennants, and clothing that are for sale everywhere. Just look on the walls of most children's bedrooms and you are bound to find at least one sports figure on their walls. For instance as long as there have been professional sports ahildren have idolized athletes, just remember the baseball card collections and how collectable they were and still are today. There are more than just baseball cards now. The card collections have grown to include all sports like football, basketball, hockey and even soccer. Some of these cards are worth more than some homes. The children who collect these items may trade them for ones they dont have and keep them safer than anything else they own. Some children may just want the cards of their favorite athlete, not worrying about the monetary value of the card, just the value it holds for them. The fact that the card is...
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...Should professional athletes’ salaries be a limit? Should the professional athletes’ salaries be limited? This kind of question has been widespread and debated for a period of time. Why? It is because of the popularity of many sport competitions or simply sport fans around the world that support and make this happened. We have started to question about the appropriateness of the amount of salary the professional athletes are offered because the quantity is unbelievably rich and impossibly affordable in the view of common people. For instance, Gareth Bale, a Welsh soccer player, signed a world-record contract moving from his old club Tottenham Hotspur, London to Real Madrid, Spain. The contract is worth 100 million euros and has allowed him to earn 170,000 euros a week, and as we can see the amount of salary is highly beyond the average salary a person should get. This reason makes things understandable when we see our children writing in their articles that in the future they would like to be a professional athlete rather than a salary man. As a result, some people who view it as unfair would give recommendation that the athlete’s salary should be reduced and limited, so that that amount of money could be used for developing in other necessary fields. However, their opinions are likely ignored and taken no action because in the reality there are no such laws and regulations in the first place. In my opinion, there are three main reasons to support my viewpoint what the professional...
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...Does the name James O’Connor sound familiar? Well… if you do remember him its probably just as much for being a professional rugby player as being that guy who did drugs and said things he shouldn’t have in public. This is because people nowadays don’t just acknowledge the on field performance of an athlete but in fact remember a lot of what occurs in the media. The following presentation will explain how social media can pose such a dangerous threat to both professional athletes and people around the nation. It will also give reasons as to why a top level athlete would make a poor decision in the first place, under the circumstances that it would be showcased to a public audience and could effect many different stakeholders. From this it should...
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...Out of all the athletes in the world, 57% who have accommodations to intaking steroids or performance enhancing drugs say that even if these PED’s made their lives shorter that these athletes would still remain to use them. Athletes should not use steroids or performance enhancing drugs for various reasons. The professional athletes are influencing young adults negatively, PED’s are not good for you mentally, emotionally, or physically, and there’s a huge possibility that the athlete will get suspended from their team or sport. Out of ten juveniles, four of them say that their accommodations to intaking performance enhancing drugs or steroids were encouraged by professional athletes which were intaking PED’s. Professional athletes have around...
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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 Professional Athletes Paid Too Much? Today’s top professional athletes often have salaries and bonuses in the tens of millions of dollars. Athletes do not deserve such high compensation. There are various social, economical, emotional, and psychological reasons why professional athletes should not be paid as much. Jane Hanigan, who has taught in the Council Bluffs Community School District for nearly 20 years, expresses concern about the excessively high rate of compensation professional athletes earn. Hanigan states, "Over the years, I have known a great number of my students who were lured by the image of what being a professional athlete might offer them. Regrettably, the reality for these students often falls vastly short. It is...
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...Jacob Moore ENC 1101-15073 Professor Holt 8 October 2014 Domestic Violence by Athletes 1 in 4 women will experience domestic violence in their lifetime ("Domestic Violence: Statistics & Facts."). Domestic violence is the act of performing physical, emotional, verbal, or sexual abuse towards a spouse, child, or any other family member. There continues to be those who support this type of violence and those who are against it. Just recently I’ve noticed the media covering more incidents of domestic violence being committed by professional athletes. I am going to discuss whether or not domestic violence committed by professional athletes in the National Football League are being handled the way they should by the association they play for. The National Football League (NFL) has recently had two incidents of players committing domestic violence that has and continues to be discussed. The first incident involves former Baltimore Ravens Running Back, Ray Rice. Rice was recently cut by the Baltimore Ravens due to knocking out his then fiancée while riding the elevator. The second incident involves Minnesota Vikings Running Back, Adrian Peterson. Adrian Peterson was involved in hitting his 4 year-old son with a tree branch. Each of these acts of domestic violence resulted in both players being suspended. Adrian Peterson is still suspended indefinitely but Ray Rice has already been released from his team. On February 15, 2014, Ray Rice got into an altercation with his...
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...Gender Gap For Athletes Abstract: The gender wage gap right now is as prevalent in the United State as ever, although in recent years it has shrunk, but women still make significantly less than men. In this paper I will focus on the gender wage gap amongst athletes and examine the possibilities for the gap in income. Income Gender Gap For Athletes The income of professional athletes have been a popular debate for the past twenty years due to the exponential growth of their income accompanied with a rise in cost to attend sporting events. The growth of female athletes’ salary has also been very large, but they still make significantly less than male athletes. There are several factors that affect the gap in earnings such as larger revenues in men leagues because of a larger demand for men’s sports and other factors that may include discrimination. Athletes throughout the world are known for being extremely highly paid, some athletes such as Tiger Woods have net worth’s approaching a billion dollars. The salary of professional athletes has come a long way in recent years; with the help of labor unions they have gotten a fair portion revenues unlike athletes in the past when owners got almost all revenues. Female athlete’s salaries have increased but not at the extreme rate that men’s have. Tiger Woods is the highest paid male athlete in the world with a salary that includes endorsements he made 100 million dollars, (Freedman 1) but the highest paid athlete tennis player...
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