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Wages of Sport Athletes


How would you like to be paid twenty-three million dollars a year ? It
is obvious to say that everyone would more than love it. This figure is only one
of the many outrageous wages athletes are being paid today. True, not all
twenty-three million dollars goes directly to the athlete because of Uncle Sam.
Still these figures are too extreme regardless of the sport, baseball, football
or basketball. The athletes here in the United States are without a doubt the
greatest on earth. The only problem is so are their wages. Although the athletes
pay indicates the greatness of their individual ability, the amount earned per
year is way beyond reason. Due to these great wages being paid in particularly
in the sport of basketball, the games greatness is being lost.
One example of the extreme pay an athlete can achieve is shown by an
athlete named Michael Jordan. This basketball player is being paid thirty
million dollars for the 96 - 97 season. Last year for the......

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