Do pro athletes get paid too much?

1. Do pro athletes get paid too much? Synthesis Essay

2. Great Intros and Conclusions • “. . . If we want it to change, then we are the solution. We have to make definite actions toward change – stop going to games and movies, demand higher pay for those in jobs that are completely necessary (teachers and research scientists). The choice is ours alone.”

3. More • “. . . No one is forcing you to watch games, buy tickets, and devour merchandise. If you don’t like the price, don’t pay it. That alone will bring it down. People complaining shout “put down their sports pages and pick up an economics book” (Source D). Then maybe they will understand that it is their actions, the consumers’ actions, that affect the entertainment and sports industries. And they’ll realize that athletes are just part of the business.”

4. One more • INTRO: “The stage is set. Audience members file into the lit stands. The performers are in the wings, exciting themselves before the big show. Clad in heavy pads and jerseys of blue and white, the Indianapolis Colts storm the fields, led by quarterback Peyton Manning. He is paid a multi-million dollar salary not as an athlete, but as a performer. Like many athletes, he is not just an all-star quarterback, but an iconic image who is paid on his value as a salesman.”

5. One more continued • CONCLUSION: “Back in Indianapolis, Manning takes a drink of Gatorade on the sidelines. A camera shows him drink, and Manning makes a little more money. Whether or not his team wins or loses, he will still walk away with a paycheck, not as an athlete, but as a living, breathing advertisement.”

6. Intro and Complexity • “In a perfect world, money wouldn’t be an issue, and neither would the disagreeable traits of greed and envy that accompany it. Sadly, such a vision is rather utopian, and as such it is inevitable that an obsession with capital will remain. As long as a culture that prioritizes wealth above all exists, it is pointless to lament that some “undeserving” athletes make big bucks for “less work.” And, since such a culture is ingrained in society, such that athletes, with their extraordinary skills, are placed in high demand, it is only right that they receive adequate compensation.”

7. Complexity • “Although no one can really qualify that anyone ‘deserves’ the ridiculously high salaries that some athletes have, one shouldn’t judge on the basis of how important they believe that athletes are to society.”

8. Be careful • “But as someone who has some sense about them, I say they do not deserve their pay.” • “. . . should really stop for a moment and quit being so ignorant.” • “Many professional athletes get indorsed by sporting cooperations who pay them for being in their ad’s,. . .”

9. Quotes out of context • “Sports athletes also endure many injuries as stated in document f “Shaq Daddy is too fat, too injury prone” which means that some of that money might be spent on medical bills in the future.”