A terrorist attack would likely result in a lack of these commercials.

I’m not joking about any of that. However, that won’t stop me from agreeing that sports players are severely overpaid. I’d be happy if someone started up a charity for underpaid workers like teachers and such. I’d be even happier if it was an NFL quarterback.

The problem here lies with the idea that only achievements and successes must be lavishly rewarded. That’s one concept I always have difficulty in understanding: why would a single person constantly be over-rewarded for their success in entertainment, while the thousands of people that keep the social mechanisms well-oiled and working are ignored, and often barely make the ends meet? There are important things – many of them – which cannot be subjected to the logic of competition and achievement. Baking the bread is a job someone must do every day, and competing in doing it is completely irrelevant to its aim.