No, it shows where our priorities as a society are. We value entertainers more than teachers. A sports star can make a million dollar salary while some scientist looking for a cancer cure has to go begging for cash.
In Japan, teachers are very highly paid.
If the government paid athletes, they probably wouldn't make jack either. Stern and sports pros are paid by private corporations who are looking to make profits off their investment and they do. As it should be. It says NOTHING of societies priorities. "Society" does not pay these people, private corporations do.
Teaching at a public school is a government job. Comparing celebrities in the private sector to teachers in the public sector is not a fair comparison. Teachers do not generate revenue like Stern and the athletes do.
Hey, I'm all for everybody making more money but if you are looking at that aspect as a way to improve performance, I think you are a bit misled. Paying someone more money does not make them better at what they do.