sports players over paid?

Question

why are sports players paid so much money yet troops right now are putting there life on the line for there country? i know they dont get paid half as much as sports players.. so why?

Answer 1

Because sport stars are special in our society; we make them into gods to fufill our hopes and fantasies. Not saying it's sane, we are a screwed up society, but that's what we do.

Soldiers accept the job, there is no draft. So why are you complaining?

Answer 2

Actually, professional athletes are paid little compared to the VAST revenue that the franchises and leagues take in, although it may seem to us regular people that they make too much for merely playing a game. When you look at the athletes as commodities (which they actually are in the whole scheme of things), it all becomes quite disgusting. In professional sports, we have a gladiator/owner relationship that's elevated to another level. The leagues and the franchise owners would not have this money if it were not for the gladiators who provide the excitement and entertainment. The athlete's salaries are tiny fractions of the amount that the leagues and owners collect from the athlete's efforts. When your debate opponent brings up the argument about grown men being paid too much to play a game, do a little research on the revenue that sports bring in for the host cities, stadiums/arenas, the league and the franchise and compare this revenue to the players' salaries. You'll be horrified.

Answer 3

Because being able to hit a ball or score a basket is so much more important to society than fighting for your freedom, growing your food, teaching your kids, or building your bridges.

Unfortunately playing a child's game is what pays. And what's worse is that the taxpayers pay for the stadiums these athletes play in, yet the taxpayers do not benefit. It's the team owners and players that benefit while the taxpayers and fans often get shown the finger.

I do not like professional sports and never watch basketball, football, or baseball yet my tax money still goes towards making millionaire athletes and owners even richer. This is not right.

Answer 4

People pay to see entertainers display their skills. Tom Hanks gets millions per picture, Tiger Woods gets millions for playing golf. That's the system.

Sure, military men are risking their lives, and doctors are saving lives, and teachers are impacting lives. But no one pays to see them. That's capitalism, and we haven't come up with a system that's more fair in the overall sense.

Just remember that money is not the only way of judging value. Ask a teacher about all the people that passed through his classroom and how they were helped, and you'll get a glowing response that has nothing to do with money.

Answer 5

its quite simple actually. Its called a contract, signed by moth military personnel and professional athletes, both of which knew how much they were going to be making before they started the job. So neither should be complaining about being underpaid because their pay is right there on the dotted line.

Answer 6

Half as much, try starting with a teeny tiny fraction of their paychecks and go down from there.

Private vs Government is the difference.