I don’t think monetary compensation correlates very closely with what people “deserve” very often.

Imagine a venn diagram with two groups. “Group 1: People Who Play X” and “Group 2: People Who Watch X”. In traditional sports, the more popular sports, Group 2 is huge, but Group 1 is small. Very few people play football, basketball, baseball or hockey, but millions of people watch it. And that gap is different for…