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    Professional sport and film industry are considered to be one of the most profitable activities and nearly everyone dreams to become a famous athlete or a movie star and receive much money for it. These careers are surrounded by numerous legends and myths related with the easiness of the work and the lack of any knowledge and skills. Nearly everyone thinks that it is easy to be an actor and play his role in the film or to be an athlete and run all day long and do nothing special connected with the

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    Yes‚ professional athletes and actors are paid to much. Professional athletes and actors get paid a substantial amount of money for one game‚ or movie. While our men and women in the United States Military are struggling to feed their families. It is a sad commentary on our societal values that these entertainers are taking in seven million dollars a years or more. While teachers‚ police officers‚ and firefighters make less than one percent of the income of some athletes and actors. Even if an

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    cashiers would not be able to protect themselves and the money in the cash register. Another example is that if someone breaks into your home to steal from you or hurt you‚ how are you going to protect yourself and your belongings? The police take too long to get to your home‚ so we need our right to bear arms! While it is important to protect ourselves‚ it is also important to hunt. It has been a source of food since the beginning of time. Unless hunters are able to use guns there will be less

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    Are Professional Athletes being Paid too Much? An Editorial on the Overlooked Salary Difference Matt Crandall SHS Junior Walking through the halls of Sally High one day‚ my ear caught the words of two young individuals debating over an interesting topic. It was a discussion on the large pay difference between what they thought were hard working Americans and jobs of the entertainment market. As I continued to think more in depth about this current discussion that had just been overheard

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    Today ’s professional athletes make ridiculous salaries and are only increasing year after year. Every year we hear how a professional athlete just signed a contract worth a record amount. Then about the same time next year we hear about another athlete is signing a new contract worth even more than the previous high. Professional athletes are making too much money in a society that salaries and wages are typically based on the value of ones work. In today ’s society where salaries are determined

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    Professional athletes need a reality check on how important they really are to society. Prescott will make $680‚848 this year‚ with bonuses added to his $450‚000 base salary. Making this amount of money for simply playing a game is outrageous. The question shouldn’t be are professional athletes making enough‚ but rather: are they making too much? United States Marines are fighting for our country‚ but according to the 2012 military pay charts‚ a Marine in his first four months as an E-1‚ earns $1

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    Are Professional Athletes Paid Too Much For years‚ fans of the four major U.S sports NFL‚ MLB‚ NBA‚ and the NHL have been arguing over the question “Are Professional Athletes Paid To Much”? This question has been discussed and scrutinized by every fan from a novice up to the most die-hard fans. No matter how much fans think Michael Jordan was the greatest basketball player that they have ever watched it does not mean that an annual salary of $30‚000‚000 dollars was justified. In our present

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    Athletes: Paid Too Much or Just Enough? Did you know that the average pay for an NBA player is five million dollars? (Pawson) Although many athletes are paid millions‚ athletes should be paid as much as they are. Not all athletes are paid millions of dollars‚ and they are in a franchise‚ unlike civil services. Did you know that the average pay for an NBA player is five million dollars? Although many athletes are paid millions‚ athletes should be paid as much as they are. Not all athletes are paid

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    Athletes are playing in sports every left and right all around the world. But many people think they are getting paid too much. But many don’t think that they do because they earn their money‚ have chronic health problems when they retire‚ and they dedicate their lives to their sport. To begin with‚ athletes do get paid a lot but don’t you think they earn it? Athletes get paid billions and doctors don’t get paid that much but athletes get paid more because they earn it. They earn it like LeBron

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    article “Do Professional Athletes get Paid too much Money” is written by Mihir Bhagat a senior analyst. Bhagat believes professional athletes make too much money. In his article he explains the amount of money someone is paid should be based on the economic importance and value of the job for society (1). He thinks playing a game isn’t very important when it comes to society (1). Bhagat states that teachers and even the president of the United States get paid less than professional athletes. The article

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