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The highest paid people in the world should get paid for their hard work and effort in the field they choose. But in today’s society athletes are the highest paid people “in the land”. Athletes are supposed to play for the fun and love of the game they play, and not for the dollar signs they see going into their wallets. Professional athletes today are greedy, lazy, and not loyal because all they play for is money, fame, and not for the true love of the game. Money makes the heart of a man turn “green”. Athletes today display a greedy personality when it comes down to their contracts and merchandise. They try to get as much of the “mean green” as possible. Alex Rodriguez of the Texas Rangers makes about 30 million dollars a year. But the baseball year is only from March until October. The President of the United States only gets paid a mere $250,000. He might as well not be the President. Athletes don’t have to make decisions that could cause the downfall of our country or war, so why do they make so much money? All they have to do is practice and show up t