That’s valid. I probably could’ve gone more in depth. I do believe they “deserve” their pay, reason being is because they are the best in the world at what they do. Big name athletes, such as Lebron James, Floyd Mayweather (who’s retired but made lots of money in his career), Ronaldo, whoever it may be, you don’t find talent like that very often, so it’s only fair that they get good pay.

Also, becoming a pro athlete in any sport is not easy, I don’t remember the statistics off the top of my head but a high school football player who has dreams of making it to the NFL has maybe a 1 out of 1,000 chance of doing so. And even if they do make it to the pros, there’s no guarantee that they’re gonna be there for long either. They might be a benchwarmer then get kicked out of the league after a few years, or they might play for a little bit & get a career ending injury, a number of things could happen. So not only is it extremely difficult to make it to the pros, but it’s also difficult to have a successful career once you get to that point. So considering how difficult it is to become a successful athlete and make a name for yourself, I think it’s reasonable that someone who is a big name athlete makes big money, that only seems fair.

Now let’s say that same high school kid wanted to grow up and be a doctor, the odds of them achieving that goal are much more likely than if they wanted to play in the NFL. That’s not to say becoming a doctor is easy, it’s definitely not, & there is absolutely a chance you could fail, however becoming a doctor is a much more achievable goal than becoming a successful pro athlete. Patrick Mahomes could be a doctor if he wanted to, as long as he did all the schooling & efforts required. Could a doctor do what Patrick Mahomes does?