Outrageous Salaries
Today's professional athletes make astronomical salaries and their only going one direction. Up. Every year we hear we hear about how a professional athlete just signed a contract worth a record (insert ridiculous amount here) million dollars. Then about the same time the very next year we hear about how another athlete is signing a new contract worth even more than the previous high. In fact, most professional sports minimum salaries are over $100,000 per year. These salaries are not at all reflective of these athletes economic importance. Professional athletes are making too much money in a society that’s salaries and wages are traditionally based on the value of ones work.Whose fault is it that these athletes make these huge salaries? According to Chris Butterfield it's our fault (Big Money Pro Sports Create New Brand of Athlete). He's right, it is our fault. We're the ones who go to these sporting events and shell out the $50 a ticket, the $100 for the jacket, and the $20 for the hat of our favorite teams. We're the ones who support these professional sporting teams, and in turn the players. The reason these ticket prices go up constantly are partly because they need to make more money to pay for our favorite stars, and pa
. . .
Some common words found in the essay are:
Money Mean, Michael Jordan, Euler Players, Ball Game, , Athlete He's, Syracuse University, Game Jordan, White Sox, Kevin Brown, michael jordan, professional athletes, owners players, money society, ticket prices, society thats, ball game, we're ones, money society thats, professional athlete, thats salaries wages, salaries public, athletes money society, society thats salaries, wages traditionally based,
Approximate Word count = 1746
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
|
 |
