Do You Think People In Sports Get Too Much Money?

I think there is something wrong with a society that spends so much more money on entertainment than they do on education and health care. I have to say I was irritated when I compared the salary I made as a teacher or mental health counselor as opposed to TV, movie and sports starts. Of course, I didn't have a lot of people depending on me for jobs--just their future and their mental health!

Yes I do think they get too much for what they do but then if they didn't the sporting clubs would be making way too much profit, more than they do already so looking at the wages the sports stars get and the ptofit the club are still making , I think it is screaming out they charge way too much for tickets, this also goes for singers and actors and movie makers. Bring the prices down.

Oh definately - yes! The footballers (soccer players to you) especially, here in England, are paid far too much for kicking a ball around a pitch for 90 minutes every week! My partner works in Sports Management - most people think it is a glamourous job, and I guess it does have it's perks, - but having to deal with some of these overpaid, illiteratuie jerks is NOT one of them!

Absolutely they get too much money. It is their salaries that drive the prices of tickets sky high making it impossible for regular people to ever go to a live sports event. Some of these players getting massive salaries are not worth it at all....they don't perform according to their big buck salary. I think there should be salary caps on all sports. Athletes have a short life span on the team side but presumably they went to college for something and that should give them something to fall back on.

It is just too bad that we can't make sure that nurses, teachers, and janitors recieve decent money for their work. And don't talk to me about how little writers and artists get for their work--unless you are one of the lucky ones like King. What does it say about our culture that the role models I looked up to (I was never a big sports fan) are paid next to nothing--in some cases told to do their craft for free because our society thinks that it is unimportant (or at least, not important enourgh where someone can make a decent wage doing it).

I don't think they make too much money. If they made too much money, then the teams who pay them would go out of business. Professional sports are a business. Superstars bring in fans, tv contracts, merchandise revenue, etc. They bring money into the franchise, so why shouldn't they get their cut. Look at CEO's of major corporations and the salarys they get. Its the same thing. They receive lots of money, because they bring in lots of money. As long as the stadiums are full of people wearing jerseys of their favorite players; the players whose jersey they are wearing should make a good salary.

My family are not sports fans because of this! Why would I work my butt off and then take my money to ball game after ball game to pad the pockets of the people that had to play sports because they were not intelligent enough to do something in life that would change the world for the good! Its sad that even in our schools, so much money goes to the sports programs when only a handful of the kids will make it big. There's a much greater chance of a child having a great career in the average Joe's world, so why not make sure the money goes there. This country gets worse every day.

In sports people are getting too Much money. But have you ever think how they are getting this much amount? Pople are getting a place in a team only with great performance and hardwork. So i think they are getting what they are deserved

Way too much money- although they do bring in a lot of money also- to the teams they play for- to the league they play on- to the cities and states the team is in- to the companies that sell their souvenirs- to the companies that the players endorse- For football – I think it is a tough game and at any point they can be hurt and never play again- so football players salaries don’t bother me as much as baseball or basketball- I guess because it’s a more contact sport-

To my way of thinking sport is now ALL about money. There is way too much money involved for events to be completely legal. Think sport think money think bribery think corruption.

No, I don't think they are getting too much money.When the owners are getting all this money, the players should get their share too.I like that the players get their money up front. I don't want to live through a time where a player has to throw a few games to get the money he deserves, like the White Sox tried to do in 1919.It isn't the amount of money that I don't like, it is that these young athletes don't have any guidance. They don't get any advice on what to do with the money so after their career is over, they can live well for the rest of their lives.

I think that they may get too much, but they are in the top 1% of people who can do what they do. Some of them receive pretty bad injuries. I know for a fact, that Earl Campbell can hardly walk now due to injuries he received playing football. So, I don't know how you really judge. I mean, rock stars don't get paid by teams, but they make lots of $$ too, and for the same reason, being the best at what they do.

Absolutely! Sports players are Overpaid! We need to pay our Leaders more and our players less. The thing that bothers me most is the lack of disipline in our sports players. Little kids idolize those players and when they "throw down their Gloves" to fight, (as in Hockey) the kids think fighting is Good. And the parents are such poor sports at the junior Games! They yell and swear at the referee, and set another bad example for the kids. No wonder our society is going to hell in a Handbasket!

My ex is a pro athlete and I used to think he was overpaid, his salary was almost as big as his ego, lol. But once I actually took the time to spend with him during the season (Swiss Hockey), I saw for myself just how hard he and his teammates really did work. Their personal time was basically borrowed time. They trained daily and very early and really hard (which thank goodness for the endurance and stability training... I'm forever in debt to that coach, lol) and they were told what to eat and not eat and got fined if they got caught eating the wrong things or missed a workout or whatever. Then there was almost daily press things and all the travling and public appearences. Plus the managers, coaches, owners and publisits bacially run their entire lives and anything in their personal lives that they don't like they find a way of getting rid of (like girlfriends which supposidly takes their focus off their game) and often times take advantage of too trusting players. He didn't make like uber money but he did make a couple mill and was mister "team star" so I don't think he was overpaid but I do think his ego was over inflated! I do think some athletes are overpaid though, I think it should depend on how tough the sport it, how much of their lives it takes up and what sort of disipline it requires. Now the kind of athletes that blow multi-million dollar contracts to make a couple thousand abusing poor animals... well those kind are not only overpaid and underdiciplined but aren't worth 50 cents as a human being either.

I certainly do and who would have thought it would get this extreme? When Wayne Gretzky was signed to his first million, i thought he was worth it, but it hasn't stopped there, it is so unreal today! There is no loyalty in this so called sport (it's business) the players go to the highest bidder!! I still watch some playoffs of certain sports, but i find my interest in sport waning! Good topic, take care Pyewacket.

I don't know an awful lot about how American Sportsmen get paid, but here in Britain, professional boxers and footballers are way overpaid. How can they pay so much money for beating the crap out of somebody else for a start? Also, football or soccer is a dying sport here because of the expense, brought about by those who are paid way too much money. Brightest Blessings.

For what they do I think many of them are overpaid. It will not change because millions of fans pay big bucks for tickets to see games. As long as the fans support the teams, the players will make big money. And to be honest, I have nothing against anyone making whatever amount of money they can, as long as it is legal and does not harm others. Think about where all those millions go...not into a mattress, but funneled back into the economy in many different ways.

I think it's way beyond ridiculous! The amounts of money those guys receive is unimaginable to me. And did I mention "ridiculous"? And when they pitch fits because they aren't receiving enough millions for what they do, it just drives me up the wall! Talk about selfishness and greed!

I agree they make way to much money . Sports is something that many enjoy watching but at the same time when you think about the fact that being able to play a sport gives you more in life then becoming a doctor or a lawyer as they make much more then someone who could save your life . To me this is sad that someone could spend years studying to save your life and recieve less then someone who can throw a ball .

It is truth, them are using people as object! baseball I do not know very well, but in the soccer it is the same thing!