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Athletes' Salaries
Two articles that we have recently read in Language Arts class argue if professional athletes get paid too much. One article said yes, the other one said no. I agree that professional athletes get paid too much. First off, what are they actually doing to help our community? Sure, entertainment is important to make sure we don't bore ourselves to death, but it isn't saving lives. People who are looking for a cure for cancer are saving lives, and they probably get paid half as much as a professional athlete. It should be the other way around. Also, what skills are truly required to be a professional athlete? You have to be good at the sport, but that's about it. Maybe some common and logail sense thrown in there as well. Being an athlete is wasting all those years spent in school. People who quit college to join a professional sport team don't end up making it. They don't have a degree, so they can't get a job. They are broke, with no degree, and they have to work a minimum wage job. Finally, it's the athletes attitudes. They complain they don't get enough money and they demand more when the league isn't doing so well. "Kenny Anderson, then a guard for the Boston Celtics, complained of not being able to afford the insurance on his eight cars." That's what Justin Hjelm wrote in his article, "Do Professional Athletes Get Paid Too Much?" Who needs eight cars, first off. Being a professional athletes makes you a whinny, little, spoiled brat.
Article posted April 4, 2012 at 08:37 AM •
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