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I feel like I have to say this every once in a while.
It's not really a matter of **what** they do but how much people want to see it. Actors and actresses get paid not for doing all of that stuff you mentioned, because the market demands it, and they can swing their going rates. Albeit a slightly different setup where their money comes from an owner under a salary cap, football players get their money because their market demands it.
In fact, it's_*because_* it's non-essential that the money _*can_* vary. With stuff coming from civil servants, their services _*have_* to be affordable, so a lot of those must be accessible meaning they are going to get paid as much.
But when it's not a necessity, the only thing that can really adjust what athletes eventually get paid is the market. Or long made short, viewers (in number and zeal) pay them. I'm not going to knock athletes in the same way I don't knock actors. Knock the viewers, if you must. But then again, I'm not going to tell someone where they should spend their entertainment money.
@ColdhardSilver
Atlanta sports. That is how.
I feel like I have to say this every once in a while.
It's not really a matter of **what** they do but how much people want to see it. Actors and actresses get paid not for doing all of that stuff you mentioned, because the market demands it, and they can swing their going rates. Albeit a slightly different setup where their money comes from an owner under a salary cap, football players get their money because their market demands it.
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But when it's not a necessity, the only thing that can really adjust what athletes eventually get paid is the market. Or long made short, viewers (in number and zeal) pay them. I'm not going to knock athletes in the same way I don't knock actors. Knock the viewers, if you must. But then again, I'm not going to tell someone where they should spend their entertainment money.
@ColdhardSilver
Atlanta sports. That is how.