professional athletes and celebrities are paid too much money.
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This has been discussed before and it has been pointed out that your premise is demonstrably false. Most athletes cannot even afford to make a living being full-time athletes. You seem to be attacking the small percentage of athletes who are so famous they are publicly visible to you, and these people constitute the most successful athletes in their respective sports. The most successful professionals of any industry are paid exorbitant amounts of money. There is nothing special about athletes other than the fact they are more visible to the public. Regarding celebrities generally, then this might well be a stronger point. Being famous is not a skilled profession, yet it brings big earning opportunities. Many famous people are not especially talented and have found their fame purely by chance. Side: PRO-
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This has been discussed before and it has been pointed out that your premise is demonstrably false. Most athletes cannot even afford to make a living being full-time athletes. You seem to be attacking the small percentage of athletes who are so famous they are publicly visible to you, and these people constitute the most successful athletes in their respective sports. The exact same argument can be made for CEOs and business owners. Side: against the amount of money
The top 25 highest-paid athletes in the world for 2017 are … Lewis Hamilton: $46 million. ... James Harden: $46.6 million. ... Stephen Curry: $47.3 million. ... Kevin Durant: $60.6 million. ... Roger Federer: $64 million. ... Lionel Messi: $80 million. Salary/bonuses: $53 million. ... LeBron James: $86.2 million. Salary/bonuses: $31.2 million. ... Cristiano Ronaldo: $93 million. Salary/bonuses: $58 million Here are 8 listed for you. Most athletes cannot even afford to make a living being full-time athletes Are you really as stupid as you seem to be ?????????? Side: against the amount of money
https://nypost.com/2017/06/07/ From the New York Post and you said what- Most athletes cannot even afford to make a living being full-time athletes. Your ignorance is just laughable Side: against the amount of money
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Most of these people do not use the money for retirement. If you watch the news, you see that most of these athletes and celebrities use their money for partying and nonsense, along with EXTRAVAGANT houses that are entirely too large for just themselves. The way they spend their money, causes them to participate i negative actions, causing them to also be negative role models for younger people. Side: against the amount of money
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Please explain how you believe they are working hard. Are they working harder than someone that has gone to college for 8 years and earned a college degree to work in a profession that is worth much less than these celebrities and athletes that have no education? Side: against the amount of money
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How did they "earn" this?? Half of these people do not even have a college degree... I agree that if they are our entertainment, they should get paid, however, their pay does not need to be as extreme as it is right now. We have athletes and celebrities worth millions of dollars, but yet people that go to college, earn degrees, and EARN their positions that make not nearly this amount of money. I believe that athletes and celebrities should have their salaries cut in half, and this money should be used to increase the pay rate of job professions (such as teaching) that REQUIRE people to have a college degree. Side: against the amount of money
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it does not matter if u are an adult or not because some kids are getting paid lots of money some people go to college to learn to be professional but some don't and the people that went to college don't get paid money but the people that did not go to college get money Side: against the amount of money
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I agree with this- and because they are spending their money on things they shouldn't be involved with, they are also becoming bad role models for younger age people. You are also correct in saying that it would be better if they were donating this money. However, I think when people are paid such a large amount of money, they become selfish and do not even consider the idea of spending their money wisely, to help other people. Side: against the amount of money
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I think that it is a good amount of money because what they do is what they get because they do a lot of effort. but it's kind of not fair because my friend HAYDEN plays football at school and he doesn't get paid......so the proffesional people..... if they want money they need to GO GET A JOOOOBBBBBB! If you need money You Need JESUS! Are you poor! YOU NEED JESUS! if you need to find money GOOOOOO GGGEEEETTTTT JJJJJJJJEEEEEESSSSSUUUUUUUUSSSSSSSSSS! By:Me Debora! #You Need Jesus! Side: against the amount of money
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I agree with you, because people that are actually working hard, and actually trying to be a good role model for some kids don't get nearly as much money as professional athletes, or celebrities do. For example, teachers that actually teach students about things they need to know in the future don't get half as much money as professional athletes or celebrities do. Side: against the amount of money
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A lot of people say that they work hard for several hours a day and that they deserve all that money. How is singing a song in an air conditioned booth hard work? Especially with all of the technology nowadays, you can make a bad singer sound good by just moving sliders and pushing buttons. Working in a factory lifting heavy packages and equipment is hard work. People who do that hardly get paid any money at all. People also say that celebrities and athletes are good role models.How in any way is he a good role model? Here are a few examples of good role models to look up to: Police Officers, Firefighters, Soldiers. These are people who risk their lives for our country and save lives. People should look up to them the way they look up to some rapper who lives in a multi-million dollar mansion and drives exotic cars. Side: against the amount of money
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