Vanwilligan: Some have argued that professional athletes receive unfairly high salaries  But in an unrestricted free market, such as the market these athletes compete in, salaries are determined by what someone else is willing to pay for their services  These athletes make enormous profits for their teams' owners, and that is why owners are willing to pay them extraordinary salaries
Thus the salaries they receive are fair
Any salary that a team owner is willing to pay for the services of a professional athlete is a fair salary.