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Message: [QUOTE="The Yakk, post: 4842075, member: 9988"] They have reached the pinnacle of their profession and are doing fantastic by the standards of the general public. And it is a common thing for us armchair fans to observe that and conclude they are being paid fairly. But of course, that is way too simplistic a view. Sports owners work non-stop to suppress player salaries and protect excess returns; many put more effort into that fight than into actually trying to win. In a truly free market, the middle class of good players would make a hell of a lot more. Player salaries--and the players' shares of the immense wealth generated by professional sports--have been moving in only one direction over the last 100 years, and there is lots more to be gained. The arc of history is long and slow, but it bends towards justice. [/QUOTE]