The price of tickets to sporting events or any event for that matter has nothing to do with how much players are paid or not paid. Prices are set by the fans willingness to attend. If I could fill an arena for $3,000 a seat, I would charge $3,000 a seat. The consumer has the option of not attending. If my arena is empty, obviously I have to lower the price until I can entice people to attend. It is Economics 101.
Wow, thanks for the economics lesson. You answered a question that wasn’t asked and wasn’t implied. What did I say that had anything to do with the price of a frigging seat at any event?