what? you aren't making any sense.
the owner isn't paid by anybody higher up ... he makes his money from all of the money that fans spend on the sports teams.
so how is he overpaid if the general population is willing to give enough of their hard earned money to pay his salary?
so do you think that actors are overpaid too? when they make $20 million for a movie that grosses over $700 mlilion? and that $700 million is coming from the general population willing to spend their hard earned money on entertainment?
I am saying EVER SINGLE INDIVIDUAL INVOLVED IN THE SPORTS INDUSTRY IS OVERPAID.
Is that simple enough? The owners, the franchises that have to lease and charge through the nose for their products, the TV stations for advertising time and pay-programs (cable/FiOS/Satelite) the players, the managers, the agents for the players.
Everyone except the maintainence crew and the ones who break their backs to keep it running.
And yes, I do think that Actors are overpaid. For a thesbian to be able to make $20M for something they worked less than a year on, just for pretending to be someone else, is too much.
Societies twisted sense of value has made it that a Doctor, Engineer, or Teacher is paid less than a guy that hits other people or pretends he is someone else.
Sign of a fall of society is when we start paying more for entertainment than we do for actual production or service.