Should sports players be paid their current salary?

I love sports as much as the next person, but I think it is absurd on the amount of money they are paid to toss, kick, bounce, whatever sport is played. When regular people do it at school or over the weekend and do not taking steroids.

of course not, since when is catching and throwing a ball a skill worth millions of dollars?

give that money to scientific research for better seroid

I'd rather see the money going to the players, than the owners, stock holders, agents, or anybody else that doesn't really deserve it.

Personally I think alot of them are overpaid, but I doubt cutting their salary is going to make ticket prices, or the cost of a hot dog go down any.

Why did you open a duplicate topic?

Anyhoo: supply and demand. Pro athletes do things that nobody else can do. So long as the public is willing to buy tickets and merchandise, the athletes deserve every cent they get.

While I am not defending the amount of money they make per se, you have to admit they have worked at this. If you dedicate your life at a young age to anything, then you will be sucessfull at it. It just happens that seven year old kids don't study the stock market. While the money may seem ridiculous, it isn't as if they are getting it out of the blue.CrimzonTide

Some people work at a company for 40 years and dont make more than $100,000 dollars a year.

Some people work at a company for 40 years and dont make more than $100,000 dollars a year. Udsen

Entertainers and athletes get paid waaay to much. Doctors and firemen and people who save lives should be paid that much.BEAN_LARD_MULCH

[QUOTE="BEAN_LARD_MULCH"]Entertainers and athletes get paid waaay to much. Doctors and firemen and people who save lives should be paid that much.B05T0N

That's nothing in comparison. Think about whatBrady gets paid and compare

also the president only gets like 400 grand a year too

Of course. Their salaries are dictated by supply and demand just like every other job in our capitalistic system.MarkSmith

[QUOTE="B05T0N"][QUOTE="BEAN_LARD_MULCH"]Entertainers and athletes get paid waaay to much. Doctors and firemen and people who save lives should be paid that much.cornlockes

That's nothing in comparison. Think about whatBrady gets paid and compare

also the president only gets like 400 grand a year too

Entertainers and athletes get paid waaay to much. Doctors and firemen and people who save lives should be paid that much.BEAN_LARD_MULCH

[QUOTE="BEAN_LARD_MULCH"]Entertainers and athletes get paid waaay to much. Doctors and firemen and people who save lives should be paid that much.B05T0N

Well a decent footballer can earn over £6 million ($12 million) per year, so it's still unbalanced. The difference is, 70,000 people won't pay £30 each to watch doctors perform live on a saturday afternoon. Sports fans will. There is literally no source of money that could afford to pay every doctor that much. The money is coming from the pockets of people who have earned money themselves, and they have a right to give that money to players if they choose. I personally choose to, because I like to be entertained.

Of course! What they do is extraordinary and most of us can't! Thay are the heroes of modern world!

That's why the world is as it is. They do nothing important at all. Millions of dollars for throwing a ball? Millions of dollars for appearing nude 1.00004 seconds in a film? Millions of dollars for singing for a single?

And what about the important things? I don't think teachers or surgeons live as well as Britney Spears...

[QUOTE="Udsen"]Some people work at a company for 40 years and dont make more than $100,000 dollars a year. CrimzonTide

You claimed they worked for it. Office workers work for their money too. What, a sports athlete who plays a game should be paid millions of dollars because he played since he was a kid? BS.

[QUOTE="CrimzonTide"][QUOTE="Udsen"]Some people work at a company for 40 years and dont make more than $100,000 dollars a year. Udsen

You claimed they worked for it. Office workers work for their money too. What, a sports athlete who plays a game should be paid millions of dollars because he played since he was a kid? BS.

Like I said before, they get paid with the money that comes from the pockets of sports fans. We earn money, and we have every right to spend it on watching sports. Suggest a possible source of income of $12 million a year for every doctor, firefighter or police officer etc, and you'd be rich yourself.

Of course they're overpaid, but it's always been like that. Nothing's going to change.metallica_fan42

Everything you said is wrong. :P

Supply and demand says they're not overpaid. If they were overpaid, it hasn't always been that way (it's only recently that pro athletes have earned enough for playing sports that they didn't have to work other jobs during the off-season). Salaries will change whenever the public's taste for entertainment changes. If attendance numbers drop, salaries will eventually follow.

I want to be paid 25 million a year to sit on my ass and cruise the internets, without having to sue anyone.videogamer456

[QUOTE="videogamer456"]I want to be paid 25 million a year to sit on my ass and cruise the internets, without having to sue anyone.B05T0N

I'd rather see the money going to the players, than the owners, stock holders, agents, or anybody else that doesn't really deserve it.

Personally I think alot of them are overpaid, but I doubt cutting their salary is going to make ticket prices, or the cost of a hot dog go down any.

jrhawk42

Agreed 100%

No.

Underground Musicians need that so they can stop surviving on ramen and coke

You claimed they worked for it. Office workers work for their money too. What, a sports athlete who plays a game should be paid millions of dollars because he played since he was a kid? BS.Udsen

Most sports players are hugely overpaid. It's a disgrace...but it's also a living I guess.

Most sports players are hugely overpaid. It's a disgrace...but it's also a living I guess.

luke1889

Change that to "most sports players are properly compensated for the vast amounts of revenue they generate" and we might come to an agreement.

[QUOTE="luke1889"]

Most sports players are hugely overpaid. It's a disgrace...but it's also a living I guess.

Oleg_Huzwog

Change that to "most sports players are properly compensated for the vast amounts of revenue they generate" and we might come to an agreement.

[QUOTE="Oleg_Huzwog"][QUOTE="luke1889"]

Most sports players are hugely overpaid. It's a disgrace...but it's also a living I guess.

espoac

Change that to "most sports players are properly compensated for the vast amounts of revenue they generate" and we might come to an agreement.

[QUOTE="espoac"][QUOTE="Oleg_Huzwog"][QUOTE="luke1889"]

Most sports players are hugely overpaid. It's a disgrace...but it's also a living I guess.

Mumbles527

Change that to "most sports players are properly compensated for the vast amounts of revenue they generate" and we might come to an agreement.

[QUOTE="Mumbles527"][QUOTE="espoac"][QUOTE="Oleg_Huzwog"][QUOTE="luke1889"]

Most sports players are hugely overpaid. It's a disgrace...but it's also a living I guess.

espoac

Change that to "most sports players are properly compensated for the vast amounts of revenue they generate" and we might come to an agreement.

Those must be the same idiots who pay for CD's, pay for art, pay to see a movie, pay for a concert. It's entertainment to us and a job for them.