Do Sport Athletes Get Paid 2 Much?

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by Redskin Warrior

Wow I started a thread that went a different way from what I was talking about.


i was saying does the huge pay days contribute to the Pacman & Vick actions and attitude does it corrupt there minds?

Well, to answer that question, it is yes. It has certainly contributed. Money does corrupt people, and to make matters worse, these athletes are told they are gifted from a young age. They are told they will be a pro athlete and only to focus on that, so they avoid essentials such as education and train more in their respective sport. Granted not all do this, but a lot do. So the fact that a lot are uneducated and blindly rich...well that's a certain recipe for disaster. Also, we put players that don't deserve respect on pedistals only cause they are a good athlete for our team. No common person could live up to our perceptions of how these athletes should carry themselves, but we still unfairly hold them up above others. These athletes have the "rock star" persona because we hold them in such high regard. So of course it corrupts their mind.