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Students discuss religious topics in a small group. (Photo courtesy of tcuwesley.org)
Wednesday nights at TCU’s Methodist campus ministry provide religious exploration and fellowship
By Boots Giblin, Staff Writer
Published Mar 27, 2024
Students at the Wesley said they found community on Wednesday nights.

Athletes’ high-paying contracts insulting in a struggling economy

It is no secret that athletes get paid millions of dollars to play their sport and that seems a little obsessive.

There are many other ways, and many more productive ways for the money to be spent.

Teachers, professors, nurses and other professions that are taking a hard hit from the dwindling economy should get increases to their salaries while athletes’ are reduced.

Athletes should still make a good chunk of change, but paying them more money than they can even spend is unnecessary. In every industry there will be people who are overpaid and underpaid, but I think we should balance out the portion of our money that goes to athletes with other types of professionals.

The average salary for a major league baseball player, according to the Major League Baseball Web site, is $2,996,106. The average salary for an NBA player is $5 million, and New York Yankees player Alex Rodriguez will make $270 million in his ten-year contract.

Does he really deserve that much money?

In my opinion, no.

Financial rewards should come from how hard a person works. I am not saying athletes are not hard workers. They dedicate their lives to practice and traveling and are extremely talented people, but I still have a problem with $270 million.

I agree with famous athletes being great for marketing, so it may be worth the money for a company to shell out a ton of money for an athletic icon to model its shoes. The problem is that athletes are making too much.

They have a rare talent and rare talents deserve to be rewarded, just not as much as they are being rewarded now.

Sara Humphrey is a junior broadcast journalism major from Colleyville.

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