tivities, quit complaining” (Valasek 1).
Because the national audience demands sports games, televised games and sports merchandise to such a great degree, those who provide the service or products make an enormous amount of money. Most people who complain athletes are overpaid do so because they compare their salary with those of athletes. However, the market in which most people work is not one of such great demand, and, therefore, this analogy is erroneous. Thus, athlete salaries pure and simple are merely a function of a free market economy (capitalism) and they are paid what the market will be
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