... number of athletes with the ability to compete professionally is small. For example, in the NBA there are 29 teams each of which carries a 14 man roster (Sim). This means that there are 409 NBA players. Contrastingly, there are some 5,000 neurosurgeons presently active (For Immediate Release). It is literally more likely for someone to become a brain surgeon than an NBA player (Sim). Needless to say, professional athletes are at a premium. The gigantic demand for these athletes is seen in the $13.1 billion that is annually spent on commercial sports (Anderson). The law of supply and demand says if demand is high and supply is low, then the price will go up. The price, in this case, is the athletes' salaries. People may blame the athletes, but if not for peoples' high demand, athletes wouldn't come close to making as much money as they do. Many people ...

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