Should there be a cap on the salaries of professional athletes? Opponents argue that salaries should be set by the athletes and the owners, and any interference in that process would be an infringement on both the athletes’ rights as free agents and the owners’ rights to set hiring policy in a free market society. Proponents say that the rising cost of tickets to see these games prevents many people from attending, making sports games available only to the wealthy. In addition, proponents argue that the staggering amount of money spent on salaries is destroying the true spirit of the games.

Your purpose is to write a composition, to be read by a classroom instructor, in which you indicate whether you agree or disagree about salary caps.

• Weak Composition
• Strong Composition

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