Pro athletes all over our nation are paid millions of dollars just to play a simple sport, while there are other people are risking their lives constantly for the public, working for several hours a day to satisfy their bosses, and even they aren 't paid as much of a salary as an athlete altogether. Although entertainment is a big, popular genre of a job placement, there are others who work equally as hard just to even earn a small paycheck to maintain their lives normally, perhaps even more. The amount of money given to athletes could also be used for something more valuable and useful than for just one player. The millions of dollars could be funding different schools or giving pay to those who rightfully earn it. Athletes are ridiculously overpaid because there are jobs with people working even harder than athletes, they are only used for entertainment value overall, and athletes only make money due to their fanbase …show more content…
The entertainment we see on television is the sole reason we participate in their games, just for our own amusement to see these trained people play games with eachother for only a few hours on end, while other people work for several hours, and we hardly give them any recognition for their achievements and hard work in our world. The only reason they are specifically popular to us is because of their games, which is the only reason they earn any wage in the end. This is unfair to people who don’t earn recognition for what they do at all, and don’t get paid either, while athletes are paid ridiculous amounts in short time. We are the reason they are so overpaid, so despite arguing so much about the amounts they earn, we give them this money by buying tickets and merchandise, only to see them play without knowing how much money we give to