Why are athletes paid so much?

I know that they get the crowd in and stuff like that, but do they do the work for those millions they earn?

@BlackCat wrote:I know that they get the crowd in and stuff like that, but do they do the work for those millions they earn?

They only get paid that much because we as the fans allow it. We allow it by paying so much dam money to watch the games. It kinda pisses me off tbh.