Why Should Professional Athletes Be Paid So High

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Should professional athletes be paid so highly? Professional athletes all over the world are getting paid millions of dollars, to play the sport that they love. However do these athletes deserve the money they are being paid. If you ask most people they are more likely say that the athletes do not deserve the money. Professional athletes have deserved the right to the money that they receive. Professional athletes are paid so highly do to their work ethic, their performance, and their influence on others. The thing that most people do not know about athletes, is all the hard work they do behind the scenes. Professional athletes spend a lot of time dieting and training their bodies to be in the best shape possible. Sometimes athletes training can take …show more content…

You would not want to go see a doctor unless he/she is not the best right? If you are good, let alone the best at what you do you should be paid for your performance. If you are an athlete and you score the most points in the season you deserve to be paid, because you were better than everyone else. For example, players like “...LeBron James and Chris Paul, who are among the top five players in terms of game score performance during the season, were ranked as Overpaid in CNNMoney's Player ROI for the regular season (Chris Isidore; CNN Wire)”. Another example would be when you go to a movie or play you go for the entertainment which comes from the actors/actress that are performing. So when you pay for that ticket you expect the actors/actress to put on a performance which is worth the money. The same goes when you attend any professional sporting event you are paying for the entertainment provided by the athletes performance. If the professional sporting event you go to happens to be extended or goes into overtime, you as a fan feel you got your money's’ worth because the game was so intense it went on longer than

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