FREE ESSAY ON PROFFESSIONAL ATHLETES ARE OVERPAID

PROFFESSIONAL ATHLETES ARE OVERPAID

Matt Kelley
Rhetoric
Speech #2
Professional Athletes are Overpaid
Every young child who has ever been involved in athletics has dreamed of being a
professional in that sport. Why do you think that everyone wants to be a pro athlete.
Sure it is because they get to play for a living. But also they get the big bucks. Why
would a person not want to get paid millions and millions of dollars just to play a
sport. Many professional athletes are highly overpaid though. When they sign these 20 and
30 million dollar contracts they are getting paid hundreds of times more than a school
teacher or even a policeman or fireman. This is ridiculous. They are giving us nothing
but entertainment. They are giving us nothing that could help us in the future. When a
player sign s a big multi million dollar contract, it seems that it always has a downfall
to it. When this happens there is an incredible amount of pressure put on the athlete.
Once they are paid the big bucks they are intantly changed from blue collar hard workers
to overpaid millionaires. The players might not have changed at all, but everyones
perception of them has. They are now expected to make every tackle, get a basehit every
time and make every jump shot. No one can do this no matter how much money rhey are
getting paid. If players were not being paid so much money then organizations would not
have to charge such incredibly high prices for tickets to the games and for concessions.
This can also cause turmoil on the team. If a player is making the millions of dollars
and not performing the way that he should be, then the player next to him who is
performing at a higher level is thinking why can I not get this big money. How greddy are
these players when they ask for more money when they are already getting paid 2 million
dollars a year. 90 percent of the people in this world would give anything to be paid 2
million dollars a year. Many people seem to forget that these athletes are doing work
that Is a game that people played for recreaion when they were younger. Sure anyone
admires a man who can hit a baseball 500 feet or can throw a foot ball 75 yards with
incredible accuracy, but should these people be getting paid millions of dollars for
this. Here is an example of how much some players are getting paid these days. Michael
Jordan will make up to $300,000 a game and $10,000 dollars a minute assuming he plays 30
minutes a game. He will also make $52,000 every night he sleeps for 7 hours. Also
consider the $40 million dollars that he makes in endorsements per year. He will be
making $170,000 a day. That is a little absurd don't you think. Professional sports have
become no more than a human auction where men are bought and sold like inanimate objects.
Don't get me wrong I love wrong I love professional sports and to this day still have the
dream of one day playing them, but lets be serious these guys are drastically overpaid
and some of the there money should be going to the hardworking every day people. Not to
say that these guys have not worked there entire life for where they are now and they
should be commended for it, but not by paying them millions of dollars for playing a
game.