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hyperskate65 posted...

Unpopular opinion: all pro sports players should make around that much.

Eh

There are reasons this out of control athlete pay happens, and it's not as simple as "just stop paying them as much."

Imagine if all the seats in the arena cost one penny for a game. Naturally, people would scalp them because they're worth more than they cost. The black market is eliminated (or near enough to it in theory) when the seat is priced at the level where everyone who want a seat at the asking price has one. Above the level and you have unsold seats, and below that level you have unseated viewers.

And this same logic applies to every piece of the business, from concessions to merchandise to the players themselves being bought out by a different team for more money.