Athletes Should Be Paid

One of the most high paid jobs at this moment of time and always are in the field of sports. But the money is concentrated in a few sports and for a few athletes rather than equally amongst all athletes. According to one of my interviewee, NBA players are paid $24.7 million on an average yearly while the president of the United States is paid only $400,000. Professional athletes should be paid the amount they deserve to get paid rather than being given millions and millions. Instead of spending high amounts of money on some professional athletes the money should be used for opening more and more coaching centers which can be for the betterment for the athletes as well as the younger upcoming athletes.

Mostly athletes sign contracts for a particular club or team they play for and don’t believe in being paid per match they play as they get a collective pay rather then getting paid in parts. Contracts should not be signed with athletes rather athletes should be paid for each match individually which they play. According to one of my interviewee the soccer player David Beckham had signed a contract with a club wherein he was paid $255 million for a 5 year contract.

He played 1 year for the club and got injured in a game where he took 2-3 years to recover from it and could not play for his club. This way the club suffered a huge loss as their money was completely wasted and there wasn’t any betterment of the club. To avoid these types of money losses athletes should be paid per game as sports are full of injuries.
Majority of sports enthusiasts prefer watching the game at the stadiums which costs them a lot of dollars rather than watching it on their televisions.

According to one of my interviewee, Basketball players are paid by the revenue which is collected when people buy tickets for watching a game. The tickets can be as expensive as $30,000 for a final game making it really difficult for normal people to buy and watch a game at the stadium. The interviewee himself had seen a game of NBA at New York where he got his ticket for $5,000. If the players are paid millions the ticket prices will be very high. But, if the players are paid 1-2 million the prices could be cheaper and the excess money could be used for the recreation and development of the stadium rather than all the money just going to a few

players.
There is no equality of income amongst athletes of different sports some are highly paid whereas some are paid a few thousands. According to one of my interviewee, professional NBA athletes are paid an average of $24.7million per year which is very high as compared to $1 million for baseball players and only $300,000 for badminton players. There should be equality in the income distribution for sports wherein all professional sports athletes should be paid somewhat similar amounts rather than some being paid millions whereas the others being paid a few thousands. Moreover the more popular sports withdraw a higher amount of money not only on the athletes but on their training, better equipments and world class coaches. The amount spent on not so popular sports is less. So I think there should be income equality amongst sports and their athletes.
I think professional athletes should be paid less as compared to what they are being paid at the current period of time. Instead of spending hefty amounts of dollars on a single athlete the money should be spent for the betterment and opening of sports coaching centers which can be a great opportunity for the upcoming rising stars which is the younger generation to get good coaching and become better athletes. The money can also be used for the development and recreation of the stadiums. The prices of tickets to watch a game can also go down if the players are paid what they deserve to get paid.