Perhaps not, but fans line up to pay for tickets, and television deals are very lucrative — because fans tune in to watch sports. Sports teams provide a service that people want and pay for.

The money has to go somewhere. For decades athletes, who are in many sports disproportionately people of color, have demanded significant percentages of that money, being that they are the people who actually earn it.

We must never forget that. Sports are part of the entertainment world, and entertainment is a business brimming with workers who have traditionally been exploited.