▶ Your Answer :
A controversial issue at hand is whether
professional athletes deserve high salaries. For one thing, they are most important
of all the public figures in the world. For the hard work and benefits they
bring to society, it is no surprise to me that professional athletes should be
rewarded greatly. My insistence is based on three reasons; the potential value
of famous athletes, their contribution of entertainment, and their positive
influence on communities.
To begin with, professional athletes are
an important financial contributor. Superbowl games, for instance, will attract
many fans and visitors and earn high income for the state where the game is
played. Such publicity and financial value of sport teams and players is
astronomical. For the support of fans and advancing in the league, the
foundation of each team will invest much money and train its players and staffs
hard. As an icon of admiration and popularity, famous athletes possess great
financial value in attracting sports fans and promoting their teams and states.
In addition, athletes can entertain game
fans greatly. No other celebrity give fans as much excitement and joy as the
professional athletes can provide. Many people are overpowered by daily
pressures and stress from work. Watching sports games and cheering their
favorite teams and players, they will have a good time. They forget about the
daily stress for a while and feel great excitement and exhilaration from the
games played out by famous athletes.
Lastly, professional athletes can serve
important roles to our community. A majority of athletes take part in
volunteering for isolated, needy groups of people in society. They visit child
care centers and various charity organizations to deliver love and hope to
those in need. As professional athletes are a famous icon that people admire
and wish to meet, they can bring people hope for life, dreams, and gratitude
toward society. That is, they play a role that most of ordinary people cannot
suffice and thus deserve great reward and remuneration in fulfilling this
purpose.
Many a people will be amazed by high
average salaries of famous athletes, but most of them will be eventually convinced
of why. I will not object to paying professional athletes high due to their
ability to promote and prosper the society, to serve entertainment to fans, and
to deliver a message to isolated people in community. |