Speaking from the relationship lens: fairness and justice. I don't see why professsional athletes salaries would be limited because if one organization is willing to play that 100m salary per year then let it be. Whether or not anyone sees it, the athlete making that salary works incredibly hard and provides immense contributions to the team, maybe more so than others. Nowadays there are somewhat limits to salaries such as salary caps.
Speaking from the same lens of your view, I agree with you. The athletes put so much work into training and pushing their bodies to the limit, to have the ability to be a professional, that it would only be fair to have a salary that reflects their worth. But is it fair to pay athletes more than someone from the military who risks their life so that the athletes are able to do what they love. Looking at it this way I would say that it isn't fair that they are paid such high salaries and that they should limit their pay. I think that it is absurd to put so much money into entertainment when it could be used elsewhere. The military is just one example of why I feel this way but even the people that care for the athletes and mend them when they are injured are not paid such large amounts. Is it really ethical to pay the athletes more than the people that protect them.
In my opinion I think that we should limit the salaries of professional athletes because that extra money we are spending on "entertainment" could be spent on debt in our country, more money for the working middle class. That money could go to so many more better causes than the hands of one individual. I do not think that a NFL player should be getting like 8 million a year when a teacher is getting paid 50,000 a year on average. Yes they should make more money because of the risks they are taking on their bodies but they shouldn't be making as much as they do now.
I'm looking at this from the reputation lens because I see that the athletes believe they should be paid for their efforts since the college is making so much money off of them. What they do not look at is that yes they are the face of the college or the university and a good amount of the athletes are already not good role models and looking into the NFL while they are paying them and their problems only get worse from then on.
I don't believe we need to limit the salaries of professional athletes. I believe that is their money, whether playing baseball is really a reason to get paid 190 million dollars is another question. The players earned that money in the same playing field as the rest of the world, the best players get paid the most money. I don't necessarily agree with the amounts they are earning, but they organization and NFL need to change that. Roger Goodell shouldn't be earning 50 million dollars a year to literally be the stupid face of the NFL. Doesn't do a thing except cause drama. Of course he graduated from Washington and Jefferson.
speaking from a rights and responsibilities lens I don't think the amount of money that professional athletes is fair. I think if professional athletes get paid millions for entertaining people then firefighters, military personals, police officers, etc. should get paid the same amount. professional athletes do get hurt and sacrifice their body for their team and sometimes have career ending injuries but military, police officers,etc. die for our country everyday and they get pocket change. I think it is very unfair.
If an owner or GM wants to pay these athletes, then let them. It is their money to spend. We are the ones who pay to see these games, so the question is, should we boycott professional sports because the athletes get paid too much? If we dont like how much the athletes get paid, then dont pay for tickets, dont pay for merchandise, dont watch the game. The more we do that, the more money the teams get, the more they can pay their athletes. I think owners should distribute the wealth in other ways, but we are the ones enabling them to ungodly amounts of cash.
No, i think it should be up to the owners to pay them what they want. If they want to pay these athletes millions upon millions of dollars than that is there prerogative. I honestly think it is stupid if you pay an athletes hundreds of millions of dollars because it takes one injury to end their career and i dont think any person is worth that kind of money for a particular talent in sport.
Speaking from the relationship lens: fairness and justice. I don't see why professsional athletes salaries would be limited because if one organization is willing to play that 100m salary per year then let it be. Whether or not anyone sees it, the athlete making that salary works incredibly hard and provides immense contributions to the team, maybe more so than others. Nowadays there are somewhat limits to salaries such as salary caps.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking from the same lens of your view, I agree with you. The athletes put so much work into training and pushing their bodies to the limit, to have the ability to be a professional, that it would only be fair to have a salary that reflects their worth. But is it fair to pay athletes more than someone from the military who risks their life so that the athletes are able to do what they love. Looking at it this way I would say that it isn't fair that they are paid such high salaries and that they should limit their pay. I think that it is absurd to put so much money into entertainment when it could be used elsewhere. The military is just one example of why I feel this way but even the people that care for the athletes and mend them when they are injured are not paid such large amounts. Is it really ethical to pay the athletes more than the people that protect them.
DeleteIn my opinion I think that we should limit the salaries of professional athletes because that extra money we are spending on "entertainment" could be spent on debt in our country, more money for the working middle class. That money could go to so many more better causes than the hands of one individual. I do not think that a NFL player should be getting like 8 million a year when a teacher is getting paid 50,000 a year on average. Yes they should make more money because of the risks they are taking on their bodies but they shouldn't be making as much as they do now.
ReplyDeleteI'm looking at this from the reputation lens because I see that the athletes believe they should be paid for their efforts since the college is making so much money off of them. What they do not look at is that yes they are the face of the college or the university and a good amount of the athletes are already not good role models and looking into the NFL while they are paying them and their problems only get worse from then on.
ReplyDeleteI don't believe we need to limit the salaries of professional athletes. I believe that is their money, whether playing baseball is really a reason to get paid 190 million dollars is another question. The players earned that money in the same playing field as the rest of the world, the best players get paid the most money. I don't necessarily agree with the amounts they are earning, but they organization and NFL need to change that. Roger Goodell shouldn't be earning 50 million dollars a year to literally be the stupid face of the NFL. Doesn't do a thing except cause drama. Of course he graduated from Washington and Jefferson.
ReplyDeletespeaking from a rights and responsibilities lens I don't think the amount of money that professional athletes is fair. I think if professional athletes get paid millions for entertaining people then firefighters, military personals, police officers, etc. should get paid the same amount. professional athletes do get hurt and sacrifice their body for their team and sometimes have career ending injuries but military, police officers,etc. die for our country everyday and they get pocket change. I think it is very unfair.
ReplyDeleteIf an owner or GM wants to pay these athletes, then let them. It is their money to spend. We are the ones who pay to see these games, so the question is, should we boycott professional sports because the athletes get paid too much? If we dont like how much the athletes get paid, then dont pay for tickets, dont pay for merchandise, dont watch the game. The more we do that, the more money the teams get, the more they can pay their athletes. I think owners should distribute the wealth in other ways, but we are the ones enabling them to ungodly amounts of cash.
ReplyDeleteNo, i think it should be up to the owners to pay them what they want. If they want to pay these athletes millions upon millions of dollars than that is there prerogative. I honestly think it is stupid if you pay an athletes hundreds of millions of dollars because it takes one injury to end their career and i dont think any person is worth that kind of money for a particular talent in sport.
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