Friday, September 28, 2012

Why do professional athletes have such a high salary?

Jack McGann
                For my passion project I will be researching to answer my question: “Why do professional athletes get paid so much money?” The reason I chose this is because I have always been curious why they get so much money for playing a sport they enjoy. A lot of these players go to division I colleges to specifically play sports like basketball and football. There are thousands of kids hoping to get into these colleges for academic purposes, but their spots are taken by the athletes. After college, the students have done a lot more studying than the athletes to prepare for a job that is, in my opinion, much more important. After four years of medical school, why does a doctor whose duty is to save lives make not even half the amount as the average NFL player? Why does a military officer, fighting overseas for our country, make only a fifth of the lowest paid NBA player?

7 comments:

  1. Do you think there is a correlation between long term health affects and the amount of money they receive?

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  3. How much money do teams make a year in proportion to how much they pay their players?

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  4. is it for the love of the game or the money(rilla dilla)?

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  5. When teams were first starting how where they able to treat their players so poorly?

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  6. Don't you think that professional athletes should be compensated for putting their bodies on the line for peoples entertainment?

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