运动员和金钱(Sportsmen and Money)

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theword"sport"firstmeantsomethingthatpeopledidintheirfreetime.lateritoftenmeanthuntingwildanimalsandbirds.aboutahundredyearsagothewordwasfirstusedforanizedgames.

thisistheusualmeaningofthewordtoday.peoplespendalotoftheirsparetimeplayingfootball,basketball,tennisandmanyothersports.suchpeopleplaybecausetheywantto.afewpeoplearepaidforthesporttheyplay.thesepeoplearecalledprofessionalsportsmen.theymaybesportsmenforonlyafewyears,butduringthattimethebestonescanearnalotofmoney.

forexample,aprofessionalfootballerinenglandearnsmorethan30,000poundsayear.thestarscanearnalotmore.internationalgolfandtennischampionscanmakemorethan50,000poundsayear.ofcourse,onlyafewsportsmencanearnasmuchmoneyasthat.

itisonlypossibleinsportsforindividuals,likegolf,tennisandmotorracing.perhapsthemostsurprisingthingaboutsportsmenandmoneyisthis:thestarscanearnmoremoneyfromadvertisingthanfromsports.anadvertisementforsportsequipmentdoesn'tsimplysay,"buyourthings".itsays,"buythesameshirtandshoesas..."famoussportsmencanevenadvertisethingslikewarchesandfood.

theyallowthepaniestousetheirnameoraphotographofthemandtheyarepaidforthis.sportisnolongerjustsomethingforpeople'ssparetime.