Outrageous Salaries

             Today's professional athletes make astronomical salaries and their only going one direction. Up. Every year we hear we hear about how a professional athlete just signed a contract worth a record (insert ridiculous amount here) million dollars. Then about the same time the very next year we hear about how another athlete is signing a new contract worth even more than the previous high. In fact, most professional sports minimum salaries are over $100,000 per year. These salaries are not at all reflective of these athletes economic importance. Professional athletes are making too much money in a society that's salaries and wages are traditionally based on the value of ones work.
             Whose fault is it that these athletes make these huge salaries? According to Chris Butterfield it's our fault (Big Money Pro Sports Create New Brand of Athlete). He's right, it is our fault. We're the ones who go to these sporting events and shell out the $50 a ticket, the $100 for the jacket, and the $20 for the hat of our favorite teams. We're the ones who support these professional sporting teams, and in turn the players. The reason these ticket prices go up constantly are partly because they need to make more money to pay for our favorite stars, and partly because they know we'll pay it. If we stopped supporting our favorite teams by not going to the games, by not buying the merchandise, and by not watching them on television, do you think the salaries would start to decline? You bet they would. Joe Football player isn't going to get paid the $100 million dollar contract if the money isn't there for him to be paid with.
             Marshall Burrow points out that Michael Jordan makes an amazing 33 million dollars a year, not to mention another 40 million a year in endorsements (Do Sports Players get Paid too Much so Ticket Prices Go Up)! Burrow has even went as far as to brake Jordan's salary down to the day. Michael Jordan makes $170,000 a day! Is anyone, much ...

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