Author(s)

Chenjin Chu ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Hainan University, Hainan, Haikou, China

Corresponding Author

Chenjin Chu

ABSTRACT

In recent years, the high income of professional athletes has aroused concern in society. Whether professional athletes earn hundreds of times more than scientific researchers is reasonable has become a topic of widespread discussion. This paper aims to explain the phenomenon of athletes’ high income from the perspective of their commercial value, the effort behind their success and the physical injuries suffered of the career.

KEYWORDS

Professional athlete, Athlete income, Salary, Factors

CITE THIS PAPER

Chenjin Chu. Analyze the Factors of Professional Athletes’ High Income. Journal of Sociology and Ethnology (2021) 3: 33-35. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/jsoce.2021.030406.

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