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Are Professional Athletes Paid Too Much?
Which do you value your life or your entertainment? Last Year Lebron James made nearly $1,100 every minute. While the average surgeon makes about $150 an hour, but Lebron James' salary isn't exorbitant compared to the salary of other professional athletes. In our society we place such a high value on entertainment that we are paying millions to the people who provide the entertainment. In the current times we have entertainment at the touch of a button and are constantly being bombarded by media. Entertainment is important, it is good for you to relax and watch a game of baseball or simply chill out at a broncos game with a friend but is it so important to us that we pay the players hundreds of thousands a game? Professional athletes are payed too much. 911 the numbers everyone knows, and respects it consists of the ambulance, the police and the firefighters and millions of saved lives yet the people who do these ever dangerous jobs get payed an average 67 times less than the average professional athlete Some people might argue that athletes need to be payed large amounts of money because they are risking their lives or that they have a short career because of possible injuries, yet less than 20% of athletes have to retire due to a serious injury. To be a teacher is one of the poorest paying jobs for one of the hardest tasks. Who do you really want to spend your money on an athlete or someone who might one day save your life? One of the things that professional athletes get payed to do is be in the public eye. In other words they receive money to be famous. Many news stations show an athlete of the week less than half show a teacher of the week or a service figure of the week. This all indicates how much we truly value our entertainment and how outlandish our world views are becoming because of this. Although sports and games are fun and entertaining what true values do they hold in our society?
Article posted April 8, 2012 at 10:31 PM •
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