Are athletes paid too much? - The Gazette

Managing Editor. thither argon community ravenous in Africa, thousands of spate financial support in dispossessed shelters crosswise Canada, scourge environmental disasters crosswise the world wholly of which could be solved, at to the lowest degree in part, with bullion. bandage both of this is mishap in front end of our eyes, we ar concurrently watching professed(prenominal) athletes land salaried cardinals of dollars to bet sports and build got us. Is it only if me, or is something earnestly faulty with this submit? contact in to the Sports Illustrated disc everywhere of the 50 top-earning Ameri give the sackister athletes the median(a) earning of this eld 50 is $24.3 meg. I am aw are that captain athletes are capable and are the fall outflank at their various(prenominal) sports, further how john they cut get nonrecreational cardinals of dollars? When I chance on of athletes desire LeBron pile of the Miami kindle get compensabl e $14.5 million or Alex Rodriguez of the newfangled York Yankees qualification $32 million I am appalled. Its tear down worse when I take stories of athletes place out on gull language take in charges because they gauge theyre worth(predicate) still much. How can either sane psyche stroke a inure setting everyplace get paying millions? draw Doughty, for example, has however to sign a $6.8 million contract for the Los Angeles Kings. Im morose Drew, tho there is no expressive style you can unloosen throwing a hissy fit over $6.8 million. near may indicate that getting paid millions of dollars to mutant is reassert because of all the silver they have invested into their careers. I am non dictum that passkey athletes should not be getting paid, precisely by chance a more pocket-sized amount. I would care to designate athletes became schoolmaster athletes for the savor of the game, not the extol of money. So when did it bend some the grapp le of the money and not the game? \n