Originally Posted by bambi47
Cops and teachers alike are not paid enough. My daughter is a teacher in a very underpriviledged suburb of Philadelphia. That being said, anyone that goes to work everyday with the possibility of being shot at by our upstanding citizens, will never be paid enough. How can you say they are well paid when guys that play football for a living are payed millions of dollars? Then they stub their toe and can't play for a month. With what they make, they should play even if their limbs have fallen off and their almost dead. I'm sorry, but until our police and fireman are paid what athletes are, there is something very wrong with this world.
Plenty of professional athletes have their careers ruined by even the slightest of injuries .... and when trying to get back in the game after an injury -- if their contract has come to an end -- they are often left hanging dry. I'm sure many such persons would love to get on the field/court and get paid what "cops and teachers" are paid, but the professional teams won't give them a chance.