Athletes Deserve High Compensation?

Today’s top professional athletes often have salaries and bonuses in the tens of millions of dollars. Do you think these athletes deserve such high compensation? Why or why not? Explain your position and use specific reasons and examples.

            Personally if I was playing in the big leagues I would love to make tens of millions of dollars myself. But I do not think they deserve such high compensation. Simply, for the fact that they do not do anything, that will help the community or save others. Although they do provide us with entertainment I feel the people that should be making tens of millions of dollars should be the people whom are saving others.

             In these scenarios I will leave it to you to decide who should make more money and who deserves it more. First scenario: Your favorite basketball team has had a great season. They made it to playoffs and then passed to the finals. And of course yes they win the finals. The star players all get a ten million dollar bonus on top of what they already make. All they did was run up and down a court and make shots. Anyone can do that. Second scenario: You have gotten in a severe accident and it is a life or death situation. The doctor and his staff are working vigorously to save your life. Just when you thought you wouldn’t make it, the doctor pulls you out of the utter and has given you another chance to live.

             A general doctor makes anywhere from about a hundred and fifty- thousand dollars to three hundred thousand dollars. Annually a firefighter makes about sixty- seven thousand dollars. Compared to an athlete they practically make nothing. An athlete cannot save your life all they can do is entertain you. When you are in a bad situation you want the person who is going to help you or save your life to be paid very well. So who would you rather have a high compensation an athlete or a community worker?