Blog #3 Should Athletes Make Millions?

It's Sunday blog day everyone! This week I thought that we should talk about how much money should professional athletes be awarded with contract extensions and reaching agreements on long term or short term contracts. Currently, my favorite player in the NFL is the starting Free Safety for the Kansas City Chiefs. Eric Berry has earned his right to be named one of the NFL's best defensive players. When a team is winning and the players are having great seasons and the fans are cheering and not focusing on the next year or the next few years. People and organizations don't enjoy counting the days until a particular player's contract comes to an end and new negotiations need to begin. For the 2017 season, Eric Berry will be a free agent, unless the Chiefs can find a way to agree upon a long term deal with Berry. Also, the Chiefs could set him as their franchise tag, making Berry the franchise tag for the second year in a row. Being a franchise tag take your last years salary and adds on 15-20% for the following season. Berry has already taken to the public that he doesn't want to play as the franchise tag next season. Sources say that Berry is asking for 75 million dollars over a long term deal. Thats A LOT of money, most offensive tackles or quarterbacks don't make that much money. Therefor, this could be a break up or make up year for the Chiefs All-Pro Safety. I really hope the two find a way to agree to a long term deal. Anyways, do you guys believe that professional athletes are asking for or are being paid too much money? I honestly think that some athletes are paid way to much money and more than they deserve. For example, LeBron James is the greatest basketball player in the NBA but he isn't the most paid player in the NBA. Some athletes make more than they deserve and that is the only problem that I have with this topic. I want to know what you guys have to say! Feel free to comment and speak your mind! Thanks for reading.