re: Does It Bother You That Pro Athletes Get Paid More Than Teachers?

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Athletes generate millions of dollars. Teachers do not.

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I don’t get how that’s a hard concept for people to understand. Also weird how it seems to be mostly athletes that get brought up when talking about getting overpaid. People don’t talk about musicians and actors. They’re not quite the same but they’re all entertainers in a sense.

No it doesn’t bother me at all. Pro athletes have a shelf life and tenure allows lazy teachers to permeate the school system until retirement without regard. It’s BS.

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no.... i do think teachers should be paid more, with a little more responsibility placed on their performance, as well, however, it's all about supply and demand...

demand for pro athletes is high, and supply is low... conversely, demand for teachers is relatively low compared to the possible supply, considering pretty much anyone can be a teacher, while not just anyone can become a pro athlete...

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i agree but that's probably impossible to do

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Why would that be?

the vast majority of Americans are compensated based on merit yet somehow zero government employees are, hmmmm.

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Most government employees are very overpaid, especially if you factor in benefits

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I don't know about overpaid, but there's a superintendent for the highschools out here in Vegas who makes over $200k a year.

My brother and brother in law are metro cops and they make over $100k.

We looked on the county website to see how much they were actually "paid", and factoring in all their benefits, it was around $130k-$140k

no....It bothers me that pro athletes get paid more than healthcare providers. lol

Pro athletes work way harder than teachers.

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The pay of professional athletes is quite ridiculous,

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Not it’s not. You could say that people’s obsession with sports is ridiculous.

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For some reason there is a large contingent of people who do not understand getting paid for what you produce

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Truest statement in this thread. And when it comes to what pro athletes make it always gets compared to teachers (or other public service jobs).

Teachers are important, especially elementary teachers, but when someone decides to become a teacher they know what they are getting into. If you want to make more than a teacher’s salary then go into something else.

Teachers don’t generate money, it’s that simple so when they get raises that money has to come from somewhere.

There is always that person who says something like “think about it. All they do is play a game” & you can’t change that person’s mind, but some people really do get pissed about that idea.