Star athletes like LeBron James, Tiger Woods, and Manny Pacquiao receive multi-million dollar contracts which are than what other important professionals are paid. This has led to controversy over whether this is justified and fair. Although I can understand why some people feel this is unfair, I feel professional athletes are justified in receiving this pay.
No one can deny that there are many people who provide much more meaningful services that directly help or impact individuals and communities. People such as teachers, caregivers and healthcare workers affect so many people by making their lives . Despite their hard work and valuable service, they unfortunately paid the same exorbitant wages as , which seems unfair.
On the other hand, salary unfortunately does not always reflect the importance, need or value of a job. In fact, salary more often reflects how much money the employer or the business can pay. Professional athletes are part of the billion-dollar sports and entertainment industry that plays a large part in the economy. A lot of consumers choose to pay money for and related products, so the team owners have the money to pay these players huge sums. Therefore, justified that these players get their share of the profits. To put this in perspective, elderly adults who need caregivers do not have to pay their caregivers, and so caregivers earn little.
In short, the large sums of because they are earning that money from their employers by doing their jobs of entertaining and raising profits for their employers.