Player Contracts Getting Out of Control

With all professional sports athletes making more and more every year the question rises how much is too much for a person playing a game to get paid. 20 years ago Alex Rodriguez got signed to the Texas Rangers for an outrageous contract for the time of 10 years for 256 million dollars and last season a player for the Philadelphia Phillys by the name of Ryan Howard got signed for 5 years 125 million dollars. Is this too much for someone to be paid to play a game that most little kids play as young children when they are little? Most people do not see the reason that a professional athlete gets paid more than a doctor or a police man that protect and save our lives.

                I would have to agree that player contracts have gotten out of control in professional sports but if you take a better look at what it takes to get to the place they are I would agree with them being paid millions. A professional baseball season goes from preseason in March all the way until October depending if they make the playoffs. There is no real offseason for a professional athlete becauses if you want to stay competitive and keep getting paid the big bucks your going to need to stay in shape working out every day and practicing. I feel this is the same thing as a person that gets paid for all the work they went put into to become a doctor or an international businessman who went to years of college to get into his position.

                Who cares if it’s a game or not it still takes blood sweat and tears to get to that point to get paid the big bucks. I would believe that contracts need to have a cap on them so that they do not get out of control but I have no problem with them getting paid under 10 million dollars a year. If they weren’t getting paid that much all the money would go into the owner’s pocket. If anyone deserves to get paid for the profits being made off the game it should be the players. They are the ones sacrifice their bodies and relationships with their families for the game. Whatever you believe this controversy will never be solved so it is better just to get used to it.