Athletes Worth the Money?

      Have you ever stopped and thought why do athletes get paid hundreds of millions of dollars to play a game that seems of little importance to the economy and well-being of the country as a whole? How could someone make hundreds of millions of dollars without contributing much to society or the country in general, like a doctor, or an inventor, etc.
     The reason professional athletes get paid so much is because they do in fact make a difference in the economy and society. Athletes are paid an extreme amount of money because they make millions of dollars for their owners and their organizations. The sports industry in North America is worth $500 billion dollars, which puts it in the top five industries in North America. The sports industry worldwide is worth roughly $1.5 trillion dollars. This means that the sports industry accounts for millions of jobs in North America and globally, so these athletes do contribute to society but are they worth the hundreds of millions of dollars they get paid? That is a personal opinion that I will let you decide on, but just keep in mind that there are athletes out there that are making hundreds of millions of dollars while there are people savings lives and defending our country for less than $40,000 a year.