Are Athletes Overpaid?

Why is it that some children aspire to be a professional athlete? It might be because you have a fun job, but what about the money? The average professional athlete makes over a million dollars a year. That might be why some children want to be athletes. It's really unnecessary for someone who plays a game to make that much money (Hoffman, Greenberg, 3). <Tab/>The highest paid player in American sports …

…are in fact underpaid. But no one should make millions of dollars just to play a game. Any number of people can say that watching a sports game is quality entertainment no matter how much the players make, but sports does nothing other than make a fan of a team happy for a few hours. Until athletes start doing something noticeably significant to help this world, they can't be making more than the average American.