Pro Athletes Get Paid Too Much Analysis

In the text “Pro athletes' Salaries Aren't Overly Exorbitant” by Mark Singletary the author talks about how much pro athletes get paid a lot but it isn’t too much. Whereas on the other hand in the text “Do Professional Athletes Get Paid Too Much?” by Justin Hjelm, he talks about how he thinks that athletes are overpaid. Then in the article “Are Pro Athletes Paid Too Much?” by Laura Anastasia the author talks about both sides of the argument on whether pro athletes are overpaid or not.

In Mark Singletary article he states that he is going to give a “more power to ’em position” he means that he is going to support the fact that pro athletes get their fair share when it comes to getting paid. He supports this by saying that the athletes deserve what the fans are willing to pay and how much sponsors pay them also. The final reason that I will state on why Singletary does not think athletes are not overpaid is that they are putting their careers on the line in every game they play. the players could get a concussion, broken bones or even paralyzed.

On the other hand, the author of “Do Professional Athletes Get Paid Too Much?” , Justin Hjelm, thinks otherwise. Hjelm believes that pro athletes are overpaid for just simply playing a game. He thinks “It is a

She has two parts to this story YES and NO. In the YES, Anastasia explains why she thinks they are overpaid. She also uses support from other texts and people. One claim she made that was the same as Hjelm and that is that pro athletes get paid more than important people like the president and firefighters. On the contrary, the NO side, Anastasia has support from different people and texts. A claim that was made in Singletary’s article is that they are putting their careers at risk in every game. “In football especially, you could one play away from a crippling injury” Glanville, a source she uses,