Why Are Professional Athletes Overpaid

Athletes are some of the most recognizable people in the world. From the NBA to the NFL, their faces appear on television screens and in magazines. With the fame and recognition comes a hefty paycheck. This begs the question, are athletes paid too much? While Professional athletes may deserve to be overpaid because they can go bankrupt easily and some of the athletes become too confident with their money, making them go bankrupt in a short amount of time, Professional athletes should be making a less amount of money because all they are doing is playing a game to entertain while other more important professions are making much less making their salaries are disproportionate, they do not provide society with an essential function that improves

Both viewpoints have valid claims warranting consideration. Many people may argue athletes are underpaid and/or paid the right amount of money for their profession. Professional athletes are exceptionally talented and determined people with extraordinary athletic ability. They compete in various sports to entertain people and make a living. Those include basketball, football, baseball, hockey, tennis, and the list goes on to any athlete that gets paid to play. Athletes train unyieldingly long hours to be the best at what they do. Fans pay to watch them perform because they really enjoy seeing them. Like other entertainers, such as actors and singers, athletes are paid large amounts for their performances. But many say professional athletes simply are not overpaid for the amount of physical and mental stress they go through to do their

For example athletes like O.J. Simpison on June 12, 1994, when his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman were stabbed to death and Simpson was transformed from Hall of Fame football hero to murder suspect. Also, professional athlete Henry James Ruggs III a former American football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) for two seasons with the Las Vegas Raiders. Ruggs tore through Las Vegas' valley west of the Strip at 156 mph in his Corvette Stingray. Until he hit Tintor, who was driving slowly. Tintor and her golden retriever, Max, had been at a park with a friend and were on their way home. Ruggs’s Corvette, traveling at 127 mph, slammed into Tintor’s SUV and sent it 600 feet down the northbound lanes before it came to a rest and caught fire. Ruggs refused a field sobriety test, but when his blood was tested in the hospital, his BAC was 0.16%, twice the legal limit. Athletes are role models for the youth and the next up-and-coming generation. As a mirror of society, they can set an example of positive or negative behavior at the local, national and international level. There are many athletes that have little to no positive influence on society and they're still making millions of dollars. Showing and setting harrowing examples for kids. Our up and coming generation should be taught and shown that making an inordinate amount