tokens: Should we pay professional athletes (entertainers) a high salary? Professional athletes and entertainers earn a huge amount of money that is hard to imagine . Most of the people spending their whole life can never achieve this . This salary gap between those famous people and us leads to a question-do those professional athletes and entertainers deserve this money? From my prospect, I believe that they do deserve this high payment . First of all, a worker's salary can properly reflect his/her competence and value on his/her career . Therefore, those who are paid high salaries must exceed others and achieve something incredible in certain ways . They are not paid for no reason . As we are now live in a competent world, we must show ourselves to be great enough so as to convince the employer that we deserve a better payment . It's all the same in every profession . That's why the richest athletes usually correspond to the greatest athletes in their fields, namely Michael Jordan or Tiger Woods . Second, such high salaries can also guarantee and support the athlete's great performances . Most of us only see the luxurious side of a rich athlete and ignore how may difficulties they've gone through and how much cost they've thrown into investing themselves . They shall reap within their high salaries . In other words, if they are not paid high enough in order to conform to their performances, there might not be such brilliant performances for us to be amazed . Some people might argue that the gap between the rich athletes and normal people is so huge that it seems to be unfair . However, in my opinion, as long as everyone has equal chances to pursue his/her dreams and careers, that would be fair . Fairness is not about equal payments for everyone, but equal chances to acquire the same goal or accomplishment . In conclusion, high salary for athletes is what they deserve in accordance with their own achievements and also a guarantee for quality performances . It is a positive encouragement for many more talented people to contribute to the world of athletics and entertainment, giving us awesome performances to enjoy .