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Develop a program that prompts the user to enter an athlete's annual salary and allows the user to input multiple professionals hired by the athlete, including their names and categories (Lawyers, Personal Assistants, Agents, Trainers). The program must validate that the salary entered is positive. It should compute the payment amount for each professional based on their category percentage, print the list of professionals with their payments, the total amount paid by the athlete, and the remaining amount of the athlete's salary after payments. The athlete is allowed to hire as many professionals as desired, regardless of whether the total payments exceed the athlete's salary.

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Introduction

Managing the financial commitments of professional athletes involves handling multiple professionals hired across different categories, each with specified percentage-based compensation rates. Developing a program to facilitate this process requires careful consideration of input validation, flexible data handling, and accurate financial calculations. This paper discusses the design, implementation, and evaluation of such a program to streamline athlete payroll management effectively.

Program Design and Objectives

The primary objective of the program is to enable athletes or their representatives to input their annual salary, and then enter multiple professionals hired in various categories—Lawyers, Personal Assistants, Agents, and Trainers. Each professional’s compensation is calculated based on predefined percentage rates associated with their categories. Post data entry, the program outputs each professional's name and payout, the total paid, and the funds remaining from the athlete’s original salary.

Key features of the program include ensuring the salary entered is positive, accommodating multiple entries across categories, and performing calculations accurately even if total payments surpass the initial salary, reflecting the real-world scenario where athletes may overspend or leverage credit. The design emphasizes user input validation, data storage, iterative processing, and comprehensive output presentation.

Implementation Details

1. Input Validation: The program begins by prompting the user to enter the athlete’s annual salary, ensuring that the value is positive. If an invalid value is entered, the program should prompt again until a valid salary is provided.

2. Data Collection: The user is repeatedly prompted to input each professional's name and category. Input continues until the user indicates completion (e.g., by entering a sentinel value like 'done'). For each professional, the program records the name and category and computes the pay based on the category’s percentage.

3. Compensation Calculation: Each professional’s pay is calculated as a percentage of the athlete’s salary. The program maintains a predefined mapping of categories to their respective percentage rates.

4. Data Storage and Processing: All entered professionals' data are stored in suitable data structures (e.g., lists or dictionaries). The program aggregates total payments and prepares data for final output.

5. Output Generation: After data entry concludes, the program outputs a formatted list of all professionals, their names, categories, individual payments, total payout amount, and remaining funds.

6. Handling Overpayment: Since the athlete may hire professionals exceeding their budget, the program does not restrict entries but reports total payments that may surpass the initial salary, illustrating potential overspending.

Solution Structure and Flow

The program is organized into several functions: input validation, data entry, calculations, and output formatting. The main control flow involves initializing variables, looping through input collection, performing calculations, and displaying results. Error handling ensures robust input validation, and the modular approach facilitates maintenance and potential enhancements.

Sample Code Implementation



Define category percentages


category_rates = {


"Lawyers": 0.10,


"Personal Assistants": 0.03,


"Agents": 0.07,


"Trainers": 0.05


}


def get_positive_salary():


while True:


try:


salary = float(input("Enter the athlete's annual salary: "))


if salary > 0:


return salary


else:


print("Salary must be positive. Please try again.")


except ValueError:


print("Invalid input. Please enter a numeric value.")


def get_professional_info():


professionals = []


while True:


name = input("Enter professional's name (or 'done' to finish): ").strip()


if name.lower() == 'done':


break


category = input("Enter category (Lawyers, Personal Assistants, Agents, Trainers): ").strip()


if category not in category_rates:


print("Invalid category. Please enter a valid category.")


continue


professionals.append({"name": name, "category": category})


return professionals


def calculate_payments(professionals, salary):


total_paid = 0


for prof in professionals:


rate = category_rates[prof["category"]]


pay = rate * salary


prof["payment"] = pay


total_paid += pay


return total_paid


def display_results(professionals, total_paid, salary):


print("\nProfessional Payments:")


for prof in professionals:


print(f"Name: {prof['name']}, Category: {prof['category']}, Payment: ${prof['payment']:.2f}")


print(f"\nTotal amount paid to professionals: ${total_paid:.2f}")


remaining = salary - total_paid


print(f"Remaining funds: ${remaining:.2f}")


def main():


salary = get_positive_salary()


professionals = get_professional_info()


total_paid = calculate_payments(professionals, salary)


display_results(professionals, total_paid, salary)


if __name__ == "__main__":


main()

Conclusion

The described program effectively addresses the needs of managing athlete professional payments by providing clear prompts, validation, and comprehensive reporting. Its flexibility allows for unlimited professional entries, and its calculations reflect real-world complexities of overspending and budget management. Adopting such a system can enhance administrative efficiency and financial oversight for athletes and their management teams.

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