They are paid what the market will bear. It’s called the free market and capitalism.
True and this is being overlooked in this discussion.
No one is disputing the doctor save lives and how important that is to society. But athletes would not make millions if not for the big TV contracts and for fans paying big dollars to buy tickets to the games. The athletes are generating the revenue from which they get paid the big bucks.
“They are paid what the market will bear. It’s called the free market and capitalism.”
Exactly.
That is true in a sense.
It is called the free market.
We the consumers like to be entertained.
We like the entertainment.
Think about what entertainment in the world is today.
Playing a chess game, thinking of a creative poem is not entertaining.
We like to see 3-pointers. We like to see touchdowns. We like to see pitching duels and homeruns.
That’s all it is. What the market will bear.
Once people start blathering on about how a teacher only makes this much, a doctor only makes this much, blah blah blah...
Once they go down that road, that is The Road to Serfdom. Because that means that you as an individual don’t get to set your own value or worth.
YOU SURRENDER THAT TO OTHERS.
And in the end, there will be no peace, because someone ALWAYS makes more than someone else. ALWAYS.
I don’t have a problem with people thinking dumb ass athletes are overpaid. I think they are overpaid.
But I do have a problem with people who want to set the value of what OTHER PEOPLE are worth. I call them Leftists.
And they are a cancer on humanity.
This should be the only answer on a Conservative forum.
“They are paid what the market will bear. It’s called the free market and capitalism.”
Bingo! We have a winner.
I never support professional sports. They don’t get a dime from me, but I fully support sports fans giving over their own money of their own free will.
The women’s soccer equal pay feminazis are insane.