People always complain how much money pro athletes make. However, before you make these complaints there are some things you need to understand.
Being an athlete is a full time job, they're always practicing, training, and traveling, sure this may not explain huge multi-million dollar contracts, but you have to appreciate what they do for their jobs. They entertain millions of people around the world and make enough to comfortably retire at the end of their careers. However, this isn't the biggest reason for their contracts. The market allows for it.
Here's what I mean when I say the market allows for it. Of the four major sports the NHL brings in the LEAST revenue which is $3 billion. When you have to split that much money someone is going to get rich. The market allows for that much money. So if you don't like how much money these athletes are making in the four major sports, quit supporting it. Every time you watch a game on TV, go watch a game live, buy a jersey, buy food or drink at a game, buy a coffee cup with your team's logo on it, buy a jersey for your pet, etc. You're supporting some athlete's multi-million dollar deal. Quit buying NBA, NFL, MLB, and NHL related stuff and you won't support them, it's that simple. However, there's something else, if you don't want the players making that money it's not going to go away.
What I think a lot of people don't understand is with every professional league being a multi-billion dollar industry, whatever money the players don't get is going to go somewhere else. Personally, I'd rather see the players get it. The money that doesn't go to the players is going to go to the owners. No one goes to any llive sports events to watch the owners sitting in their luxury boxes, they aren't the entertainment for the night, so why should they get more money? I know they've taken the risk on the team and could lose money, but that was also their decision, the players are the entertainment so I think they should get it.
Darren.
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