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Too Much? By: Collin What does the number 3,000,000 mean to you? It could be how many hairs you have on your head. Or it could possibly stand for the cost of your dream house. Maybe It might even have the value of the amount of years you want to live. Well how about a salary. This is how much an average MLB player makes a year.

To begin with, sure some people do believe that major leagues are the best. They also believe that they put their bodies on the line and should get paid for it. They do, but does all that make them worth many millions?

On the other hand, I think pro paychecks are way out of control. As I stated before the average salary of a player in the MLB is just under $3,000,000 dollars. Even the worst a player can get paid is a still huge $400,000. The best paid player in the league was Alex Rodriguez with 25 million. These are some facts to help prove that pro salaries are out of whack.

In addition, to A-Rod's 25 million here are some of the other top paid players in the sport. Manny Ramirez makes $20,000,000 a year. Another big shot is Derek Jeter, and he rakes in $18 million. Number four on the list is Sammy Sosa. He makes $18 million a year. Finally there is a tie for fifth place between Jeff Bagwell and Carlos Delgado. They each receive a $17,000,000 salary.

To add on to that, athletes are just in the entertainment business. So don't you think that someone who actually works for us should inherit a salary of millions? The president is a great example. The president's salary is the minimum in the MLB($400,000). Another person that isn't getting paid as much is a fireman. They actually save lives and don't really ask for that much at all. They only make $37,000 a year. Some of that money could even be sent to the government so the taxes wouldn't be so high. Maybe the teachers should make a share of that money too for helping us learn.

Otherwise there are some players who spend their money to help other people learn about baseball, like Cal. Ripken Jr. one of the most amazing shortstops of all time. He started a charity to assist kids in learning about baseball. There is a camp run by former major leaguers Mike Walker, John Frascatore, Jim Archer, and others. The camp gives assistance to younger children learn the mechanics. Here is what one young one thought of the camp, "I'm going to try to attend the camp every year it comes back." There should be more players like this that want to help others before I say they deserve that money.

In conclusion, I say that sport salaries shouldn't be so high. I know some people don't agree with me, especially the players, but if you would just consider what I wrote before I believe it might change your view a little bit. I think if some players would put their money to helping people there wouldn't be such a problem with them getting paid so much. But seriously, just understand about how much they get paid. Now don't you know it is too much?

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