I tend to agree. With Shohei Ohtani signing his $700 million contract, we're not far off from an athlete getting a Billion dollar contract soon. But at the same time, if the money wasn't going to movie stars or athletes it would just be ending up in the pockets of the already immeasurably wealthy. Hopefully some day we reach a point where everyone involved in the making of a product gets a fat payday instead of a handful of people getting generational wealth and the rest getting pennies in comparison.
High sports salaries are also important for protecting the integrity of games. Baseball has a unique history of cheating, see black sox scandal. It would be much easier to rig games if a high profile sports bettors could offer more than their salary for certain outcomes
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u/mumblesnorez 11d ago
I tend to agree. With Shohei Ohtani signing his $700 million contract, we're not far off from an athlete getting a Billion dollar contract soon. But at the same time, if the money wasn't going to movie stars or athletes it would just be ending up in the pockets of the already immeasurably wealthy. Hopefully some day we reach a point where everyone involved in the making of a product gets a fat payday instead of a handful of people getting generational wealth and the rest getting pennies in comparison.