The inspirational lives that athletes live, is put on a pedestal higher than what it actually deserves. Several people who uphold jobs such as doctors, lawyers, and police officers feel that athletes receive too high of a compensation. Although athletes are not saving lives necessarily or fighting justice they are providing people with entertainment. They are providing them with hope. Athletes are the tangible proof that anyone can achieve the American dream, and that it isn’t simply an intangible fantasy that Americans created some odd years ago. However athletes are inspirational but do they deserve a higher compensation than a teacher, doctor, or lawyer?
When one becomes an athlete they are sacrificing a lot, quality time with their family , a stable love life, and also their privacy. However this is their choice. When an athlete cheats on his or her spouse, or has a child by another man or woman other than their own spouse, they are stripped of their dignity that they worked so hard toward earning. However we as people put our doctors on a pedestals, we believe they are living a life that we should strive to live also. People need to realize, they do not comprehend what goes on behind closed doors, and they do not understand what goes on in their doctor’s lives, after their white coat comes off at the end of the day. The burden of responsibility that an athlete carries is not as heavy as the burden a doctor, lawyer or even firefighter carries. A doctor is saving someone’s life, a lawyer is defending someone’s life and fire fighters are risking their lives.
Athletes are role models even if they do not wish to be. I believe athletes often times earn a bad reputation, due to the fact that they live their lives in front of the public eye. Being an athlete is a passion driven career. You must be mentally and spiritually strong in order to live the life of an athlete. As an athlete you must live an almost perfect life, because the public and media, are all anticipating the moment in which an athlete will “slip”. Being an athlete is a riskier career decision. Although I am not understating the obstacles that doctors, must overcome in order to earn that title as “Dr. “ I believe if someone has the passion to become a doctor, lawyer, or police officer, they can channel this passion over into a institution of higher learning such as, medical school, law school, and the police academy. Unfortunately there is not an athlete academy, or athlete training school. There is no transition from being an average Joe into becoming a well known icon. Several children dream of becoming an athlete, but only a small number of children will actually achieve this dream. When children dream of becoming doctors, or lawyers their chances of reaching this goal is higher than becoming an athlete. In medical school they can teach a student how to become a better doctor, by teaching them to be more in touch with their patients needs, but a coach can only teach an athlete so much, the rest of his or her success is all dependent on natural talent.
Athletes, doctors, lawyers, and firefighters all, live stressful and inspirational lives. In my opinion they all deserve the same amount of compensation. I would compare doctors and lawyers field of work, to people who work behind the scenes of a big play toward its opening night. Whereas athletes are the actors. Doctors, lawyers and athletes all take a small role in affecting someone’s life, so shouldn’t they receive the same amount compensation?
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