Successful sports professionals can earn a great deal more money than people in other important professions. Some people think this is fully justified while others think it is unfair. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

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Successful sports professionals can earn a great deal more money than people in other important professions. Some people think this is fully justified while others think it is unfair.

Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

When I was young, I always thought to be an engineer in future. This was a common desire of millions of youngster of my age. However, in recent times, this has changed drastically. Our young generation opts for being sports professionals or film stars instead. Amount earned by these professionals is the prime reason for this vagary. Many people believe that high payment for sports person is completely justified while there are plenty who contend that this is rather unwarranted.

To begin, it can be argued that it demands enormous talent and hard work to be a successful sports person in today's cutthroat competition. They are rare talents who have proved their adept in sports to be successful. Therefore, the soaring prize money and salary for these professionals are justified for the level of competition and talent required to find success.

Moreover, it is often found that sports person have relatively shorter professional life. They are soon replaced by young and more energetic generation. In addition, the successful sports persons are seen as idols by many people. They often have huge fan-followings. Hence, they are pressurized to maintain high living standard. For example, if a sports star is seen on road driving a small cheap car, it becomes a newspaper headline next day. They are heavily criticized by media. It becomes imperative to maintain high-class lifestyle to protect their reputation. Therefore, the high payment to these professionals seems to be justified.

Nevertheless, there are many other professionals who are of high importance and indispensable for betterment of our society. For example, politicians, police officers, doctors, nurses, engineers etc. These professionals are paid peanuts compared to the affluent sports professionals. These professionals bear the onus of national rebuilding. It is often believed that politicians and police officers are paid so less that it is inevitable to be corrupt to sustain their family. Similarly, no one choose to be doctor, nurse or engineer, especially in rural areas, as they think it is very difficult for them to meet their family expectation and fundamental needs.

In a nutshell, I concede that the salaries of sports professionals are completely justified but the wages paid to other professionals, who play pivotal role in national advancements, are not reasonable. Other professionals of such high criticality should be paid higher to persuade people to take these professions and perform with ultimate integrity and loyalty.

Good job, subodh! It is on

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