How can we change the sports obsession in this country?
2006-08-16 06:48:06 · 6 answers · asked by friskygimp 5 in Sports ➔ Other - Sports
yes paid, sorry
2006-08-16 06:58:14 · update #1
They only make as much as they do because people are willing to pay as much as they do to go see them play.
It is that simple. An organization makes hundreds of millions of dollars and therefore can afford to pay the athletes (their employee's) such high salaries.
The same goes with movies or any job for that matter.
2006-08-16 06:55:17 · answer #1 · answered by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think they get too much attention. The only way I know of to decrease it is by giving more recognition & encouragement to other forms of achievement, like arts & sciences and public service.
2006-08-16 13:55:27 · answer #2 · answered by yahoohoo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think athletes are overpayed
1.) they work hard to get to that level of excelence.
2.) not many people can do what they do as good as them
3.) Its a form of entertainment.
2006-08-16 13:57:15 · answer #3 · answered by sXe is my pledge 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you mean "paid" as much as they do, no i don't think so. it's ridiculous to see sports athletes get paid as much as they do.
2006-08-16 13:54:55 · answer #4 · answered by bizarrorigo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one's using pagers anymore, everyone has cell phones......
2006-08-16 13:53:54 · answer #5 · answered by SweetT 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
paid???
not i dont think so
i scrubb walls all day long
and make 1/16 if not less
than wat they get
and for doing what??
working very hard
2006-08-16 13:53:25 · answer #6 · answered by ♥ Stephanie Louise♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋