High Salaries of Sports Professionals vs Other Jobs

Nowadays, it is acknowledged that sport professionals earn huge salaries that Suggested change: far exceed the earnings of other respected professionalsfar exceed the earnings of other respected professionals1exceed other respected professionals by far. This situation has sparked a heated debate with opinions on both sides, in favor and against.

Some people Suggested change: argue that it is irresponsibleargue that it is irresponsible2argue that is irresponsible to pay Suggested change: such an amount of moneysuch an amount of money3such amount of money to people Suggested change: who were simply bornwho were simply born4who has just borned with a natural gift to play Suggested change: a certain sporta certain sport5certain sport. They believe this is unfair for other professionals that Suggested change: have spent several yearshave spent several years6spent several years studying hard and have to deal with really serious situations daily. Doctors, engineers, Suggested change: firefighters, among others, arefirefighters, among others, are7fire fighters among others, are clear examples of this unbalanced situation. Furthermore, we are setting a bad example for the youngsters as they grow up witnessing how our Suggested change: society does not rewardsociety does not reward8society do not reward Suggested change: hard workhard work9the hard work.

Nevertheless, other people assert that athletes deserve their salary. They have a very short career, Suggested change: as they can only playas they can only play11as can only play Suggested change: at their peak performanceat their peak performance12at highest performance during very limited amount of years. Normally sport players above Suggested change: thirty-five are considered oldthirty-five are considered old13thirty five are consider old to keep playing professionally. Moreover, they have a big responsibility Suggested change: as they are expectedas they are expected14as are requested to perform their best in every single game. It is their job to Suggested change: strive until they seestrive until they see15strive until see their team win, there are millions of dollars involved in each game. Companies invest a lot of money to sponsor teams and this creates Suggested change: extra pressureextra pressure16an extra pressure on the players.

In a nutshell, I believe that athletes deserve a huge compensation for their work. Even though it is true that they have been naturally gifted however they still need to train hard every day to perform their best and help the sponsors to boost their brand value hence Suggested change: increasing salesincreasing sales19increasing the selling.