Pro Baseball Players
Are they worth the big bucks?
How much money are they worth?
Does the money need to grow?
- Salaries of MLB players are going up from 19 million in 2011 to 29 million in 2013
- The average major league baseball player is 11 million
- Most adults that play baseball would love to play for their job and make millions of dollars
Injured and still paid
- Most athletes are putting their body's through the ringer each game with extensive high cost medical bills
- A major league baseball player when injured is paid a minimum league salary of $440,000 for sitting on the bench 99.99% of the game
- 101 major league players were injured in one national league season and mostly for hamstrings
is it important ?
- The average teacher salary in Wisconsin is $33,000 compared to an average salary of 11 million is very low
- Most people think there are more important jobs in the world like a teacher, a firefighter, a teacher or a person in the military
- Pro athletes pockets are getting fatter with there multi-million dollar contract
Sources
http://theminaretonline.com/2010/11/17/article14802
http://www.examiner.com/article/ten-highest-paid-players-major-league-baseball-2013
http://baseballplayersalaries.com/salaries?page=4&season=2013
http://phpagencyblog.com/2013/03/19/are-professional-athletes-paid-too-much/
http://www.helium.com/debates/190599-are-pro-athletes-paid-too-much/side_by_side
http://sportsdirect.usatoday.com/baseball/mlb-injuries.aspx?page=/data/mlb/injury/injuries.html
http://assets.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/100566073*304.jpg?v=1
http://thoughtsonoverpaidathletes.weebly.com/uploads/1/1/7/9/11795766/413093038.jpg
http://www.colourbox.com/preview/2986005-495338-cartoon-chick-with-money-on-background.jpg
http://www.prospectwire.com/pw/images/event_logos/baseball_money.jpg