Michael Perelman wrote: > > > Here is my question: Looking at sports or entertainment figures you > find a similar expansion of inequality. I doubt that the ratio of > incomes of superstars of yesterday to that of the also rans was as as > extreme as today. Has anybody looked at this?
Consider how many boys in Middle School must play football in order to generate just one high-paid NFL player? Consider all the B Teams. The junior-high coaches. The Little Leagues. On & On. There is a hell of a lot of human labor congealed in every pro athlete today. There was far less in the past. Carrol
