This year, I have blogged about sports a lot. I feel that since I have done so much sports blogging, now I must rant about how unfair sports can be.
Right now in the United States, there are millions of hard-working people who have gotten laid off from their jobs that are now desperately trying to find work. It seems that no matter how hard they try, they will never be able to find work. Then, there are professional athletes. Many of them are making millions of dollars every year for hitting a ball with a piece of wood, running with an oddly-shaped ball from one end of a field to another without being knocked down, or trying to throw a spherical ball into a hole. For example, in January, Albert Pujols, the first-baseman for the Los Angeles Angels, signed a ten-year contract worth $240 million. That means that he will make $24 million a year for the next ten years, compared to the average American household income of about $50,000. That means that Albert Pujols alone is making 48 times the amount of money that the average American FAMILY makes, and he really only works for about 8 months of the year. Doesn't that seem pretty unfair?
Right now in the United States, there are millions of hard-working people who have gotten laid off from their jobs that are now desperately trying to find work. It seems that no matter how hard they try, they will never be able to find work. Then, there are professional athletes. Many of them are making millions of dollars every year for hitting a ball with a piece of wood, running with an oddly-shaped ball from one end of a field to another without being knocked down, or trying to throw a spherical ball into a hole. For example, in January, Albert Pujols, the first-baseman for the Los Angeles Angels, signed a ten-year contract worth $240 million. That means that he will make $24 million a year for the next ten years, compared to the average American household income of about $50,000. That means that Albert Pujols alone is making 48 times the amount of money that the average American FAMILY makes, and he really only works for about 8 months of the year. Doesn't that seem pretty unfair?