Today’s top professional athletes often have salaries and bonuses in the tens of millions of dollars.

Do you want to be a top athlete one day? Well, today’s top professional athletes often have salaries and bonuses in the tens of millions of dollars. Do you think these athletes deserve such high compensation? 


I think athletes should get millions of dollars. The first reason is that the sports that these athletes play bring happiness to people. Therefore also generating a lot of profits from uniforms, team value, and tickets. In 2020, when covid was going on, 75.71 billion dollars were generated from the sports industry. This shows just how much people would watch these sports and how much profit and economic benefits sports can bring. These top athletes also work and train every day to stay in shape. And it wasn't just like, "I want to be a top athlete," and they got to be one. It probably took extreme training every day and trying hard and don't give up every day when they don't even know if they can become top athletes one day. These athletes also sacrifice a lot including time with their friends and family, injuries, and other times. They are also not some dumb people who got to be top athletes just because they were good at sports. As students and scholars study in their free time, these athletes train and work out. They put in the same effort as other students and professionals. These top athletes also sell more tickets than others, if Lebron James played in team A and some random guy played on team B, there would be more ticket sales on team A. Most of the athletes are also not paid as much as fans think. They don't get paid tens of millions of dollars as people think. The average salary of an NBA player is 9 million dollars. Even though that is still a lot, it's not as much as people think it is. And sports can inspire kids and people to play sports which could boast your health and help people stay healthy.


Top athletes deserve to get paid a lot because they work hard like any other professionals, they bring lots of profits, around 75 billion dollars, and they don't get paid as much as people think.

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