Athletes are overpaid

Athletes are overpaid

The American lifestyle is one in which one is encouraged to obtain as much success as they are willing to pursue.   Athletes for example, are earning millions of dollars a year to perform what many people consider being hobbies or leisure activity.   Gone are the days where one played for the “love of the sport.”   Instead, athletes are constantly searching for a new outlet to earn a profit whether it is deserved or not.   These individuals are earning nine figure salaries, yet such a contract has become a common procedure and the general public has accepted this as reasonable.   Unfortunately, the salaries of athletes have become outrageous and beyond the point of just enough to live comfortably.   Hitting a baseball three hundred feet does not justify owning ten million dollar mansions on each coast of the United States.   Therefore, there should be a system implemented in which professional athletes are limited to a specific salary depending on their performance.   Their salary cap can then be adjusted to earn more or less if one’s production has increased or declined.   While the probability of this occurring is uncertain, there is at least one certainty.   Athletes are some of the most overpaid individuals today in modern society.
If athletes truly deserve the money they make, then why are other professions helping the lives of others and yet make only a small fraction of these gifted men and women?   Doctors, policemen, and teachers spend their careers saving lives or educating future generations who will hopefully accomplish great things themselves.   Yet, they earn measly paychecks and have few benefits or days off.   Athletes would not be half of their potential without a coach or teacher to educate them towards peak performance.   An athlete is being paid for entertainment and audience turnout.   This has no benefit to others, besides a few hours of reality escape.   Somehow that legitimizes a Nike contract worth ninety million dollars in the sports industry....