Elite sport professionals are paid huge dollars for their service unlike top prestige professions like doctors, researchers who earns little compare to them for this reason some people think it is unfair and an insult to more important profession that actually contributes to the society. nevertheless, athletes are paid not based on how important they are to the society, but their pay is determined by the media and television exposure for examples the best short-distance runner still earn lower compare to the average NBA start, the salaries of these sportsmen and women are mostly determined by the media popularity of their individual sporting domain, these media popularity are driven by the fan in the society where these sports takes place, but in the case of other noble professions where the contribution to the growth of the society is one of the core aims of their profession, their salary are mostly determined by their educational ranks, experience and the company they work for as a whole. for instance the president is tasked with the responsibility of the whole country, this is one of the most difficult and prestige job one can ever get, but some sports men like Ronaldo, Messi, curry, LeBron weekly wages are 2 to three time more than what the president earn, but that is not to say their job is better than that of the president but it is drive by the fans desire to see their star play play the sport the love week in week out. To round up, sport men face an uncertain future on injure can be the last time they take to their respective arena, and this is one of the reasons they are paid every penny they think they deserve, this is not to say other professions don't deserve this, it just boils down to the amount of money the sports industry makes.
Elite
sport
professionals
are paid
huge dollars for their service unlike top prestige
professions
like doctors, researchers who
earns
little
compare to them
for this reason
some
people
think
it is unfair and an insult to more
important
profession
that actually contributes to the
society
.
nevertheless
, athletes
are paid
not based on how
important
they are to the
society
,
but
their pay
is determined
by the media and television exposure for examples the best short-distance runner
still
earn lower compare to the average NBA
start
, the salaries of these sportsmen and women are
mostly
determined by the media popularity of their individual sporting domain, these media popularity
are driven
by the fan in the
society
where these
sports
takes
place,
but
in the case of other noble
professions
where the contribution to the growth of the
society
is one of the core aims of their
profession
, their salary are
mostly
determined by their educational ranks, experience and the
company
they work for as a whole.
for
instance the president
is tasked
with the responsibility of the whole country, this is one of the most difficult and prestige job one can ever
get
,
but
some
sports
men
like Ronaldo, Messi, curry, LeBron weekly wages are 2 to three time more than what the president earn,
but
that is
not to say their job is better than that of the president
but
it is drive by the fans desire to
see
their star
play play
the
sport
the
love
week in week out. To round up,
sport
men
face an uncertain future on injure can be the last time they take to their respective arena, and this is one of the reasons they
are paid
every penny they
think
they deserve, this is not to say other
professions
don't deserve this, it
just
boils down to the amount of money the
sports
industry
makes
.