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Are professional athletes overpaid?
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| No | 38% | 2152 votes | Total: 5709 votes | |
| Yes | 62% | 3557 votes |
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by Andy Aitkens
Created on: January 02, 2008 Last Updated: October 31, 2008
Imagine that you work hard all day, for almost every day in the year. Constantly training, constantly
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Created on: September 21, 2009 Last Updated: September 25, 2009
I frequently hear complaints about the "stratospheric" salaries of athletes, especially when people
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Created on: February 22, 2011
In my opinion, professional athletes are paid what they deserve. Many may say that firefighters, law
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Created on: June 17, 2008 Last Updated: October 31, 2008
Asked simply as is, I'd have to say the answer is no, professional athletes are not overpaid. They get
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Created on: February 04, 2010
If you are someone who holds the opinion that professional athletes are overpaid, then turn off the
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Created on: February 27, 2008 Last Updated: March 03, 2009
Athletes are paid obscenely large quantities of money. I regularly hear people stating that these men
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Created on: July 30, 2009 Last Updated: August 09, 2009
Are professional athletes paid too much? In a free market it's a resounding NO! Athletes earn their
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by Stephen Bate
Created on: March 03, 2008 Last Updated: October 31, 2008
I, like millions of others, dream of being a sports star. The idea of playing a sport that I love to
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by Matt Wagner
Created on: May 28, 2009 Last Updated: June 01, 2009
The logical answer to this question is no.
In most cases, professional athletes enter their professional
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Created on: March 26, 2008 Last Updated: September 26, 2010
When regular people know the amount that professional athletes are paid, it probably take their breath
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by Steve Wilson
Created on: June 19, 2008 Last Updated: October 31, 2008
I would like to welcome my congregation today to the simple discussion of the modern day athlete, and
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by Aj Brady
Created on: March 25, 2008 Last Updated: October 31, 2008
Professional athletes are paid exorbitant wages, far out-weighing more "meaningful" occupations as politicians,
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by Kevin Nye
Created on: January 18, 2008 Last Updated: October 31, 2008
There are two big reasons that athletes are not overpaid. First of all, if someone is willing to pay
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Yes
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Created on: April 17, 2009
It has often been noted that nothing costs more than the market will bear, else the product or service
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by Ted Sherman
Created on: April 16, 2009
Pro athletes in America have always been overpaid. Babe Ruth negotiated for a then-enormous salary of
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by David Brown
Created on: July 30, 2009 Last Updated: July 31, 2009
Professional athletes are exciting to watch, this is no doubt. However, when it comes time to understand
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by Saurabh Pal
Created on: February 05, 2010 Last Updated: February 06, 2010
The payment of an athelete is not derived from the number of medals won or the tournaments won. It is
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by Cory Cook
Created on: November 02, 2009
Are athletes overpaid? Depends on how you look at it. If you consider an athlete to be an entertainer,
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Created on: June 20, 2008 Last Updated: September 08, 2011
There is no disputing the fact that professional athletes work hard doing physical and mental training
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by Nikolas Nies
Created on: August 09, 2009
We all remember the performances of Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Joe Montana, and many other top professional
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by Wayne Reeves
Created on: April 21, 2008 Last Updated: October 31, 2008
All roads are indeed paved with gold when it comes to destination NFL. Can there be a sport anywhere
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Created on: May 31, 2008 Last Updated: October 31, 2008
I have personally boycotted professional sports for the last twenty years for that exact reason. I will
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Created on: March 18, 2008 Last Updated: October 31, 2008
Not all of the professional players make too much money. The prime target is going to be baseball since
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by John Gugie
Created on: March 24, 2008 Last Updated: October 31, 2008
Yes, I do believe that professional athletes are drastically overpaid. We see athletes getting paid
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by Mike Caine
Created on: March 21, 2011 Last Updated: March 23, 2011
Yes of course they are overpaid in comparison to an average income or salary, even many CEOs of companies
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by Jesse Lyman
Created on: February 06, 2010
Of course professional athletes make way way to much money. Multi-million dollar signing bonuses, endorsement
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by Arjun Wadhwa
Created on: March 08, 2008 Last Updated: October 31, 2008
Professional Athletes earn millions of dollars enjoying and playing a sport that they love.
Lets take
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Created on: March 26, 2008 Last Updated: October 31, 2008
Professional athletes who perform well have usually been paid well, perhaps too well, but in the past
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by John Graham
Created on: March 25, 2008 Last Updated: October 31, 2008
Are professional athletes overpaid?
There are athletes and athletes.
Some people who we call athletes'
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by Sean Curtis
Created on: February 10, 2008 Last Updated: October 31, 2008
Professional athletes work hard. No question about it. They deserve to be paid well for their skills.
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by L. A. Kell
Created on: January 27, 2008 Last Updated: October 31, 2008
Professional athletes are grossly overpaid. With their grossly over inflated salaries, it makes it difficult
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