Everybody realizes that our economy is down right now besides one group of people, and that is professional atheletes. Professional athletes are making millions of dollars each year, while more and more people are getting laid off. They should really stop caring about their salaries, and start looking at the bigger picture.
I think professional athletes should either be taking a pay cut, or be donating more of their money. They don't need to be spending their money on a 2 million dollar house for a family of five, that could house a family of twenty. Even though that would help out the economy, charity organizations would really appreciate any kind of donation that they recieve.
It is really bad when you hear about professional athletes turning down multi-million dollar contracts because they think they deserve more. They should just be thankful that they have a so called job, that can support their family.
Manny Ramierz is an excellent example of not being thankful for what he has. Last week, or the week before, he turned down a contract offer where he would make forty-five million in two years. He thought that he is worth more than that. That is just rediculous. Anybody could retire with one tenth of the contract that he turned down.
I feel that professional athletes should take some sort of pay cut, or donate more of their money. Any professional has enough money, that they could donate at least some. None of them should be going broke, unless they can't make it a year with more than a million dollars in their budget. If they can't, there is something seriously wrong.
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I agree with your argument. I think people that make millions of dollars a year should be the first people to receive and be able to survive with a pay cut. Most people would be happy having a percentage of what some of those people make in a year.
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