Show me the money!!!

We all have said, at one time that these "athletes are being paid too much for playing a game". We'll I don't believe that they are paid too much because, of their longevity in their sports are not as long as our career with our companies. Can a person really play football for 30 years; how about basketball; people have come close to playing baseball for that amount of time. The money that athletes make in such a short amount of time is worth it because they will not be able to function as easily as most people after their careers. It's not our fought but, most athlete don't posses the knowledge to balance their own check books. The reason being most of their life has been spent on the practice fields. After the cameras microphones and reporters are finished interviewing; the athletes are lost. I forgot to mention the beating their bodies take and the pains they go threw; a prime example is Earl Campbell of the Houston Oilers. He is close to 50 years old and has a hard time getting out of bed. Phil Jackson has had hip replacement, knee troubles and he was never an all-star. For the money athletes make it is worth it because life after sports is filled with pain.