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Most athletes and people of artistry alike make their money off their fans and supporters

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You would never realize their paid off performance and you've never notice that one moment they'll be getting paid millions the next the can be fired and a free agent because they didn't fit the teams Scheme

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Most athletes literally donate money to so many causes and its overlooked as if that's something their just supposed to do when it's not

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It's all too easy to focus on the negatives in sports when so many athletes boast ridiculously charitable personalities outside of competition.

Yes, there are destroyed cell phones, suspensions, fights, questionable conditions at international sporting events and plenty more going wrong in the sporting realm.

But there's also charity, both of the monetary and time kind. There are men and women using the salary or stature of their position to better the world in one way or another, whether it's working with children or the disadvantaged, and regardless of praise or folks even realizing it's happening.

Here are the current athletes who go above and beyond the call with their charitable ways.

Ronda Rousey

Ronda Rousey fell out of the global spotlight at UFC 193 when she took the unexpected knockout loss at the hands of Holly Holm.

Said loss doesn't mean Rousey should remain invisible from the headlines.

Rousey is an important figure in the world of charity because of her foundation which donates money to Didi Hirsch 501c3, helping their work in mental health services. She's also worked in the Free Rice Campaign and started the Gompers Judo program in 2009.

Her stature in the sporting world unquestioned, Rousey continues to commit to key societal issues daily.

Michael Phelps

Michael Phelps is busy combating the waters in Rio, but his charitable journey continues every day after starting in 2008.

It's hard to forget Phelps reeled in a historic eight gold medals at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, but it's easier to forget he threw down some of his major financial gains on charity.

Indeed, Phelps took a $1 million bonus from a sponsor and created his own foundation, which to this day works with children.

Phelps also invests time, as All Charities-Count captured:

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#michaelphelps #makeawish My Wish: Michael Phelps - ESPN Video http://t.co/0vGgIB2Prk

A global icon, Phelps helps lead the way when it comes to exemplary charitable actions.

Russell Wilson

Go ahead, do a Google search with the terms "Russell Wilson Hospital" and click images.

Wilson spends a huge amount of his free time visiting children at Seattle Children's Hospital, and that's just the tip of the proverbial iceberg for the Seattle Seahawks quarterback.

The " Why Not You" foundation supports various children's causes, he's a national ambassador for the Charles Ray III Diabetes Association and his "Invested with Russell" raises money for local charities.

From a football standpoint, Russell does his part with the Russell Wilson Passing Academy in various cities.

Wilson commits the time and money like few others.

Neymar

Also a global icon, footballer Neymar doesn't shy away from helping out around the world.

The 24-year-old FC Barcelona and Brazil national team star has helped fight against Ebola, helps bring clean water to Brazil and commits plenty of his free time to children, such as in the recent post here:

According to ESPN.com's Dermot Corrigan, the The Instituto Projeto Neymar Jr. takes in 2,400 local disadvantaged children.

"The love I get from the kids, the conversations we have...it gives me strength to return to Barcelona and keep running after more trophies," Neymar said, per Corrigan. "It makes me really happy to do something for these kids and their families."

Eli Manning

Albeit somewhat quietly, New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning has always ranked among the most charitable names in the sporting world.

Manning has donated $1 million to Ole Miss in the past, but the biggest chunk of his work comes through the Eli Manning Children's Clinic.

NJ.com's Nick Powell provided the staggering context: "The Giants quarterback raised nearly $3 million over a five year-period from 2007 to 2012 to build his Eli Manning Children's Clinic in Mississippi, which provides outpatient care to more than 75,000 children each year."

Like Wilson, Manning is also a major advocate for children's charities, another feather in the cap for a player who makes it his mission to help others off the field.

Ndamukong Suh

One of the most polarizing players on any field, Miami Dolphins defensive lineman Ndamukong Suh is one of the most charitable off it.

Suh donated a ridiculous $2.6 million to Nebraska in 2011, also throwing a cool $250,000 to his high school in 2013.

Other than throwing large sums of cash at programs, Suh's foundation website lists plenty of notables surrounding his off-field work. The Ndamukong Suh Family Foundation has worked to help provide children with school supplies, offered scholarships and committed to attendance programs.

One of the most expensive players in the NFL (he's sitting on a $114 million deal, per Spotrac), it might not sound like Suh's taking a major hit. But that misses the point entirely-he's doing more than most.

Serena Williams

Serena Williams' charitable endeavors continue alongside her on-court efforts.

It's 2016 and the tennis legend might be 34 years old, but she reached the finals of the Australian Open and French Open this year before taking home the victory at Wimbledon, giving her two in a row and seven on her career.

The long career means plenty of charity opportunities for the global sensation, too. Williams is a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador who has helped build schools in Africa, she's fought against breast cancer and with UNICEF helps promote access to education for children in Asia.

Williams' involvement in charitable causes is borderline exhausting, which is a good thing. At Look to the Stars, she's listed with 12 different charities and countless causes. It's easy to see her impact off the court won't falter regardless of her performance on it.

John Cena

While some might classify it as more entertainment than sport, there's no denying the physical conditioning and functional strength of WWE wrestlers, and there's absolutely zero questioning John Cena's rank as one of the most charitable athletes in the world.

Cena is not only the most-requested athlete in the Make-A-Wish Foundation, he's blown everyone else out of the water, granting more than 500 wishes to date.

Always versatile, Cena has also played an important role over the years with the Susan G. Komen organization to raise funds and awareness for breast cancer. In 2014, he acted as the Grand Marshal for the 2014 Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure.

For a guy committed to WWE's year-round schedule, hosting award shows and acting, to name a few of his pursuits, Cena's continued committal to charitable work is one of the world's leading sporting examples.

LeBron James

Few commit a full-court press to helping educate children the way LeBron James does.

Remember the Decision? What folks choose not to recall is the fact the program raised $3 million for charity.

And that's just the beginning.

The LeBron James Family Foundation focuses on children, with James dropping in the neighborhood of $41 million in 2015 to send 1,100 kids to school. He took to Twitter to endorse the program:

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Every single kid who finish my program will go to college for FREE! #Tryingtomakeadifference @LJFamFoundation

James also used the spotlight of the 2016 ESPYs Awards to speak out on race relations and interactions with the police in the United States.

Long story short, James has a vast, deep interest in using the game of basketball to improve the world around what is merely a game.

Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo gets the major headlines for his charity work, though oftentimes a lot of what he does goes unnoticed.

As for the headline-grabbing stuff, the Real Madrid star just donated his entire Champions League bonus, €600,000, to charity. He's also the guy who made waves for donating $83,000 to fund a 10-year-old child's brain surgery.

Back in 2014, Kevin Baxter of the Los Angeles Times chronicles more of Ronaldo's efforts, some globally known, others kept previously under the radar:

When he won a libel suit against a British tabloid in 2008 he donated the money to a charity in the Portuguese archipelago where he was born. And a year later he gave more than $165,000 to fund a cancer center at the Portuguese hospital that treated his mother.

In the last two years alone he paid for a 9-year-old cancer patient to receive pioneering treatment in an attempt to save his life and became an international spokesman for two global campaigns addressing childhood hunger and obesity and another aimed at conserving biodiversity.

It's almost easier to name what Ronaldo hasn't done. He's helped fight various natural disasters, he sold the golden boot he won in 2011 for charity and became Save the Children's new Global Artist Ambassador.

All are impressive feats, with one thing about Ronaldo's work clearest of all-he's just getting started.

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10 Current Athletes Who Are Ridiculously Charitable

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It's all too easy to focus on the negatives in sports when so many athletes boast ridiculously charitable personalities outside of competition. Yes, there are destroyed cell phones, suspensions, fights, questionable conditions at international sporting events and plenty more going wrong in the sporting realm.

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It's about how every athletes overpaid  and that there's people with more important jobs that get paid a lot less  (A Bunch of Good points made)

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If I asked you to play one baseball game and then handed you $200,000, you would make almost as much as Alex Rodriguez does every game. Athletes' exorbitant wages are shocking but certainly not unusual. Some may envy athletes' salaries, but that's no surprise when the median household income in the United States is about $50,000. Meanwhile, Lebron James makes $19 million in one year and is still considered - you guessed it - underpaid.

The reality is that there are individuals with more important jobs - that is, those whose jobs affect society in a positive manner - who make significantly less. It's not shocking that public servants like teachers and police officers make less than professional athletes. In fact, it's the consensus that they are underpaid, but these individuals are shaping the future of the country. Some of them may even help future athletes along their way to stardom, but are only making a fraction of an athlete's salary. Even people who are believed to be in "well-paying" careers like medicine and law make less than athletes do. Athletes simply provide entertainment to the masses and should not be paid more than individuals who have a greater impact on society.

However, that's not to say that athletes don't deserve significant compensation for their talents. These individuals have been scouted by agents since high school - or even earlier - and are considered the best at what they do. To maintain this status, they tirelessly train and practice year after year to improve their performance. Even though they work very hard, athletes do not need to be paid tens of millions of dollars and, despite what these athletes might say, paying them less would not minimize their hard work. After all, the salary of one professional athlete would be enough to help an entire city in a third world country overcome poverty. Moreover, if doctors study for years to make a fraction of an athlete's salary and still live comfortably, then there's no reason an athlete can't survive on a lower salary.

Their high wages would be easier to accept if athletes made a better impact on society, like capitalizing on their fame to be role models. Although some may do this, all too often, we hear about the scandals: using steroids to artificially enhance their performance, cheating on their significant others or abusing their families. The truth is that these high wages can corrupt people by making them greedier, which is why so many athletes are quick to change teams for a higher paycheck. Greed is often coupled with other negative behaviors, such as drug use, that drive the athlete to his or her doom. Many individuals will get involved in sports not because they are passionate about the game, but rather because they are passionate about money. In an article written for ESPN The Magazine, an anonymous NFL player claimed that the majority of NFL players cared more about their paychecks than winning games. Higher wages make it virtually impossible to have good role models in sports, because often, the athletes' priorities aren't what they should be.

In most careers, workers do all they can to avoid being injured because, in extreme cases, this could lead to unemployment. However, athletes worry less about this because even if they are injured on the job - technically, on the field - and are unable to play, they are guaranteed a certain salary. It seems unfair that average Americans - usually the fans of these larger-than-life athletes - are struggling to make ends meet, pay student loans and make mortgage payments, while athletes are raking in the cash for sitting on the bench.

Those who defend athlete salaries claim televised sports games are equivalent to movies and, therefore, athletes are more than just players on a team, but rather "actors." Actors are also overpaid, but that's another story for another article. To put it into perspective, consider that Johnny Depp was paid $350 million for the four "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies. Most people - including me - are not accustomed to having so many zeros in a paycheck. The fact that actors are paid excessive salaries does not make it permissible to overpay athletes.

Many will tell you that they think athletes are overpaid and in the same breath purchase their season tickets and team gear. The truth is that athletes are overpaid because of fans. Teams make their money through ticket sales, viewership and merchandise sales and then pass along these earnings to their players. Therefore, if people agree that athletes are overpaid, then they should stop creating such a high demand for sports.

Athletes' salaries are really not to be envied, and they shouldn't be making such ridiculous amounts of money. By voting with our dollars and viewing time, we can help reallocate the funds that would otherwise go to athletes' salaries to better uses.

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If I asked you to play one baseball game and then handed you $200,000, you would make almost as much as Alex Rodriguez does every game. Athletes' exorbitant wages are shocking but certainly not unusual. Some may envy athletes' salaries, but that's no surprise when the median household income in the United States is about $50,000.

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One of the most underpaid athletes worth well over what he makes takes paycuts and will lend a hand with out blinking

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Most inspiring speech i've ever heard

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They inspire the youth they pave that way when they look at them through them screens the make a light in the grow