Are actors and professional athletes overpaid?

To most, you could say that actors and professional athletes are not overpaid. They deserve every cent they make because they work hard and like everyone else have to work their way up from the bottom.  I understand that but I disagree with the amount of money that actors and athletes are paid. In my opinion, actors and professional athletes are highly overpaid for what they do. I’m not saying that they shouldn’t be getting good money because they do deserve it, but not to the extent where they are getting more than they really need.

We have people working so hard risking their lives for what? A low end, bad paying job just to put a roof over their families head and to put a meal on the table day after day. Some families do even get that. Then you see all these actors and athletes that get everything handed to them like its nothing. When you compare someone like Floyd Mayweather, who is earning $105 million a year for boxing, to your normal day to day firefighter that gets an average pay of $52.61 thousand a year to risk his/her life for other people, Do you think this is fair? Most of you reading this would much prefer the easy way out and higher earning job. Who wouldn’t? There are people out there that need and/or deserve the money more.

The things actors and professional athletes get away with because of wealth and fame makes me cringe. For example, Ray Rice a professional american  football running back was arrested in 2014 for assaulting his then-fiancee (now wife) where he knocked her unconscious. Ray Rice went to court, won his case and is still eligible to play NFL.  I think it’s highly unfair that he gets out of it because of fame and money when you have your ordinary person who could go to jail for a minor offence.

I cannot argue my point enough but in the end it’s your decision as to what you agree with. Just remember  there are people getting the low end, bad paying jobs for doing hard labour and there are the high end, good paying jobs for these actors and professional athletes that don’t work as hard.

What do you think? Are actors and professional athletes overpaid?