QotD: Paying Pro Athletes

Do professional athletes make too much money, or do they deserve every penny?  Why?

They make way too much money and people pay way too much attention to them.  Why?  Well, my sister's a nurse and she spends her day cleaning, helping, and making people feel better while they're probably having the worst time of their lives.  She takes a lot of BS, she works herself into exhaustion, and she keeps at it each and every day -- there is no off season for her... She doesn't make a significant fraction of money compared to some of the jocks out there and she's got a lot more 'skill' than they do.  Another one of my sister's works with the mentally handicapped and she has for decades.  She insures their well being and and eases then and their families that the system is there to work for them.  A lot of people, not only my sisters, work jobs that in comparison to these guys/gals, don't get compensated fairly enough.  I can say the same for entertainers and musicians (not all of them) but the thing is, we determine these wages with our steadfast support, given in dollars.  What would happen if people stayed home instead of seeing games?  IF they stopped buying team endorsed paraphernalia and either saved it or put it to use supporting charitable causes or public education?  What would happen if we were all pretty fairly compensated and we could all afford the necessities and an occasional perk? It's be interesting to find out, wouldn't it?  I know.... This entry just really isn't very "capitalistic" of me, is it?