Do Professional Athletes Get Paid Too Much

 The author wrote this selection most likely to – 

• highlight reasons why athletes should not be paid as much as they are
• encourage young people to pursue a career as an athlete
•  celebrate professional athletes who have made contributions to sports 
• prove that athletes spend too much money on luxury items

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The author organizes the selection by – 

• comparing professional sports to other occupations
• describing to what extent athletes are overpaid
• detailing the major accomplishments of certain professional athletes
• relating the history of different professional baseball players in chronological order

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Which sentence expresses the main idea of the selection?

• Some high school students declare for the draft with hopes of becoming a professional player.
• Professional athletes demand unreasonable salaries because they do not live within their means.
• Professional athletes make far too much money for the kind of jobs they perform.
• Teachers, police, and fire fighters are not paid salaries commensurate with the work they do.

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Based on the selection, why do athletes feel entitled to so much money?

• They risk their lives playing professional sports.
• Many of them have been playing since high school.
• They work harder than the President of the United States.
• The American public places too much emphasis on the importance of professional sports.

Paragraph 10 reveals that the author intends to – 

• explain how some high school students are persuaded to pursue athletic careers
• express an opinion NBA league rules and procedures
• offer reasons why high school students should not declare for the draft
• describe how team members are drafted to the NBA