Written essay 1: “Sports Stars earn ridiculously large salaries”
Today it is known that sports superstars earn exorbitant amounts of money due to millionaire
contracts with teams or sponsors but what is behind all this? Why? There are people who believe
that the amounts of money they earn is ridiculously large.
I think that everything has a cost and it has been difficult for them to stand out to become sports
superstars. Today's super stars have also had their beginnings the vast majority do not receive
the necessary support from their country (government) basically, the athletes did not receive
salaries and had to pay for their training and uniforms by themselves or seek sponsors.
A clear example in Peru we have a medalist Gladys Tejeda winner of 11 important medals in her
career as an athlete. on having a medal ,Gladys received a salary and also a house . But what
had happened if Gladys had not stood out as an athlete?
What I mean by this is an athlete won’t receive benefits or earn money unless he/she wins
medals or excels in something important
I think the superstars of sports have had to take these risks of an uncertain future, none of them
knew for sure that they would earn exorbitant salaries and that they would become the best
On the other hand, let's talk about the pros and cons of these well-paid athletes.
Cons
while an athlete is medalist or pro player (professional player) ,he will receive support but the
panorama is totally different for a retired athlete a retired athlete stops earning money
immediately
athletes are exposed to serious injuries,but even they can be expose to other problems like
mental health
These athletes spend a lot of time training or concentrating, therefore they do not have time for
their families
Pros
monthly income that can reach half a million dollars
gain recognition and many sponsors
to conclude i would like give my own opinion I think that the salary that these elite athletes earn
is well supported since they make a lot of effort for that .
Athletes rarely manage to achieve such high salaries, so they basically take these risks to venture
into an uncertain future.
finally I do not want to say that a non-athlete does not deserve to earn a high salary I think they
deserve it but this does not depend on me or on the elite athletes this is a very sensitive issue
since many non-athletes are paid by the government while athletes from elite are paid by
companies ,companies that recognize the efforts of their stars.
