Athletes

Wouldn’t you love to be an athlete? I definitely would. Professional athletes make millions of dollars each year to do what they love. Teachers and doctors who help people and save lives get about one fifth to a tenth of what some professional athletes make for entertaining others. Someone who plays football or hockey gets paid about 5 million dollars to get the ball/puck from one end to another to score while teachers , doctors, policemen, firefighters and others help people every day by saving lives and risking their own – and they top out at about $200,000 a year. Ridiculous! Athletes are also role- models for many individuals. You would think this would be the reverse. Policemen, doctors and teachers should be our role models because they are doing something good for in our communities. Athletes are getting too much recognition for what they do and I believe media has completely corrupted society with this athlete mania. Please know that there are many of us who see you “regular” folk as heroes. If you do, too, send me your comments. If not, let’s know why.