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Spectator sports is very popular all over the world. In Asia, the most popular one is football or soccer, and in America, American football and baseball are the most popular ones. Tennis and basketball are sports that have worldwide appeal. Fans are willing to pay a lot of money to see high quality sports. Thus, there has developed in the most popular sports a group of athletes known as professional sportsmen and sportswomen. They are paid for playing in a team. Their payments are not paltry sums. 
Professional sports is very big business, and these sportsmen and sportswomen can demand very high salaries depending on how good and how popular they are. Their salaries were lower in the past. The best professional sportsmen and sportswomen in the United States are reported to be paid salaries that run into millions of dollars. There has been criticism that professional sportsmen and sportswomen are more interested in making money than playing the game. I do not agree with this criticism because of the very nature of their job. which is playing in a sporting team. These sportsmen and sportwomen. to become professional, have to be the best talent available. Sports is a game where you cannot fake your ability. You must have natural talent, and normally people who are highly talented in their field love what they are doing. A sportsman and sportswomen has to have passion and drive for his sports, or else his lack of enthusiasm will show in his performance. 
We must also remember that professional sportsmen and sportswomen have a short career as it is based on his physical strength and agility. A sportsman hits his prime in his 20's, and by the time he is about 35 years old, his career is over. While in their prime, many of them try to make as much money as they can. Some make additional money by appearing in advertisements or promoting merchandise bearing their names. I do not think there is anything wrong with this. After all, their popularity and ability to make money this way depend on their reputation as a sportsman. If they do not perform well in the game. It will erode their popularity and affect the sale of those products. 
Due to the demand for their talent, professional sportsmen and sportswomen are highly paid. But the money they make is tightly linked to their ability to play the game. They cannot afford to be more interested in making money than in playing the game. If they slip in their performance as professional sportsmen and sportwomen, their career will soon be over.