Are baseball players paid too much? (Debate).What happened to short-stops and center fielders who played for the "love of the game"? As the annual salaries of baseball players continue to skyrocket, critics complain that today's stars play the game only for the love of money. All-star shortstop Alex Rodriguez Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez (born July 27, 1975 in New York, New York), commonly nicknamed A-Rod, is a Dominican American baseball infielder. He is the starting third baseman for the New York Yankees, after having played shortstop for the Texas Rangers and Seattle of the Texas Rangers Texas Rangers, mounted fighting force organized (1835) during the Texas Revolution. During the republic they became established as the guardians of the Texas frontier, particularly against Native Americans. earns about $25 million each year. San Francisco Giants The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California that currently play in the National League West Division. New York Giants history Early days and the John McGraw era slugger Barry Bonds Barry Lamar Bonds (born July 24 1964 in Riverside, California) is a left fielder for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball. He is the son of former major league All-Star Bobby Bonds, the godson of Hall of Famer Willie Mays, and a distant cousin of Hall of Famer Reggie makes $18 million. Both players deserve praise for their hard work and excellent play. But they earn more than 500 times what a typical teacher makes each year. What do you think? Are baseball players paid too much? YES: Why should athletes--who are, in fact, entertainers--make more money than firefighters, teachers, or doctors? These workers contribute more to the betterment of society than any shortstop, pitcher, or home-run hitter. "Athletes get so much money that after playing a few games they can afford a trip to outer space," says Pedro Carlos Martinez, 13, an eighth-grader at Clifton T. Barkalow School in Freehold, New Jersey Freehold, New Jersey is made up of two municipalities.
NO: Hitting a curve ball, pitching a perfect game, or catching a line drive are not easy skills to master. Baseball players should be paid as much money as they can get. After all, they have talents few others possess. "It's not a game anymore," Barry Bonds told The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times. "This is a business, [and] I earned this money." Would you want someone to take back the money you earn, just because other people think it is too much? VOTE NOW! Tell us if you think baseball players earn too much Vote online at www.juniors.cholastic.com. 
Luis Miguel Garicia (Member): Nope...I don't think that baseball players are paid too much. 3/22/2009 7:13 AM
a baseball player is getting paid as much as a McDonald's worker is...think about it. If McDonald's was making as much money as the MLB makes, the McDonald's workers would get paid as much as baseball players do. Being a high school baseball player myself, practicing and mastering the skills it takes to be a baseball player takes a lot of time and commitment, but if you are born with the skills, why not take an advantage of it? You can learn how to flip burgers and cook fries in a matter of days, maybe a week...but mastering the game of baseball takes many years, therefore getting all of the money that baseball players get is fair. The way a doctor goes to school to master his profession, a baseball player practices his or her whole life to be the best at the sport. It would take a doctor about 8-10 years to master their profession, as mastering baseball takes a lifetime, and many players still retire without being considered "Masters" at their sport, maybe at their position, but not at the game...so I think that baseball players get paid the right money for the right reasons. |
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