Who wouldn't take ninety million dollars over the course of five years? Who wouldn't want to drive a Hummer without having to pay for it? It's true; athletes have it made. But is that really fair?.
Is it fair that a teacher can devote his/her entire career to his/her students, some which may grow up to be professional athletes, and altogether make only a portion of what a professional athlete makes per year? No, it's not fair. Something needs to be done about it. Educators deserve far better pay than what they receive, and there is no better place to get the money from than professional sports.
What do athletes do for the community? They provide the service of entertainment. Granted this is a big service, but without professional athletes, the economy would still survive. It would actually be healthier considering the cost of just going to watch a professional sports competition. .
Teachers provide a much bigger benefit. They educate children now that will be the future of our society. Currently, roughly fifty percent of people in jail do not even know how to read. If our culture focused more on education and less on entertainment, the crime rates would drop drastically. .
The average salary for an elementary school teacher is between $37,000 and $42,000. The average salary for a professional athlete is around $5,000,000 (of course many athletes make far more than this). Teachers have gone to school and earned degrees, which is becoming more and more uncommon in professional athletes. Therefore, they deserve to be paid more than an athlete who relies solely on physical resources rather than intellect. These athletes do not realize how big of role models they are to young children. Realistically, not many people will go on to become professional athletes, and kids need to know that and education should come first, and then sports. But with so many "role models" not even going to college, children think they shouldn't either.
