Annoyingly , I paid for a year last week . <| sep |> Es geht nicht um Religion , es geht um Macht . <| sep |> If you go to bed with an itchy butt , you wake up with a stinky finger . <| sep |> Don ' t get me wrong , I ' m not advocating we put more effort or energy into helping a labor force that is well compensated , has representation and collective bargaining , and is limited to such an insignificant percentage of our population that there is not a reason for us to be concerned about it , but your argument is flawed . Just because they make a lot , doesn ' t mean they make what they ' re worth . In the 60 s , baseball players were well paid for playing a child ' s game , but they were controlled by the reserve clause if they couldn ' t agree to a new contract with their club , they couldn ' t try to sign with anyone else . It served to maintain continuity on teams and keep fans rooting for their heroes , but it also put downward pressure on compensation for the players . Once it was eliminated , salaries soared for athletes to the point where we can ' t believe people played for what they were paid then . The highest paid players in the 60 s made between $ 100 , 000135 , 000 per year , or about $ 750 , 000 in 2016 dollars . Also look at college athletics , their compensation is capped , and there are strict rules on transferring . Sure , athletes enjoy opportunities most of us can ' t fathom , but it ' s hard to justify a scholarship as payment when the school is making tens if not hundreds of millions of dollars off of the sport they are playing . Imagine working for ford and being paid in housing and use of a car that you couldn ' t sell . Now imagine trying to organize for payment and people telling you how much that car costs .