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Pro athletes are paid fair Pro athletes are paid fair salaries.salaries.– Team owners make millions more Team owners make millions more

than the athletes that work for than the athletes that work for them.them.

– Fans are willing to pay high ticket Fans are willing to pay high ticket prices to see their favorite teams prices to see their favorite teams in action.in action.

– Players have a limited amount of Players have a limited amount of time in their sport.time in their sport.

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Professional athletes are paid Professional athletes are paid a fair wage for their services. a fair wage for their services. Their employers make millions Their employers make millions more than the athletes. Sports more than the athletes. Sports fans are willing to pay the fans are willing to pay the exorbitant ticket prices to watch exorbitant ticket prices to watch their favorite players in action. their favorite players in action. Players have relatively short Players have relatively short careers and could suffer a serious careers and could suffer a serious injury that takes them out of the injury that takes them out of the sport. sport.

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Team owners make millions of Team owners make millions of dollars more than the star athletes dollars more than the star athletes they pay. they pay. Owners are willing to Owners are willing to pay such high salaries because pay such high salaries because their employees have a special their employees have a special talent that brings in the fans. If the talent that brings in the fans. If the owners weren’t making a huge owners weren’t making a huge profit, they couldn’t afford to profit, they couldn’t afford to spend so much money. spend so much money.

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Sports fans are willing to fork over Sports fans are willing to fork over the big bucks for tickets to games.the big bucks for tickets to games. Fans choose to attend sporting Fans choose to attend sporting events to watch their favorite events to watch their favorite athletes perform in games. They athletes perform in games. They are willing to buy high-priced are willing to buy high-priced tickets, pay for parking, and spend tickets, pay for parking, and spend additional funds on food and additional funds on food and drinks. The stars attract the fans drinks. The stars attract the fans to the games. to the games.

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Athletes skills decline over the Athletes skills decline over the years, and injuries may force them years, and injuries may force them into early retirement. into early retirement. Star players Star players attempt to make as much money attempt to make as much money as they can while their skills last. as they can while their skills last. They never know when a career-They never know when a career-ending injury might strike. Some ending injury might strike. Some star players just lose the knack for star players just lose the knack for pitching or hitting and have to pitching or hitting and have to drop out of the game. drop out of the game.

Paragraph Five (Conclusion)Paragraph Five (Conclusion) Although star athletes make Although star athletes make

lots of money, they are paid fair lots of money, they are paid fair wages for their abilities. wages for their abilities. Owners Owners pay their stars huge salaries pay their stars huge salaries because the owners make even because the owners make even more money. Fans choose to pay more money. Fans choose to pay high ticket prices to watch their high ticket prices to watch their favorite players. Players can’t favorite players. Players can’t predict how long they’ll be able to predict how long they’ll be able to play the game. play the game. Maybe players who Maybe players who do make incredible wages will feel do make incredible wages will feel like they should give some back to like they should give some back to improving their community.improving their community.