He got the economics all wrong. There's no shortage of people that can play sports well (at a comparable level to the average teacher or firefighter). It's more

He got the economics all wrong. There's no shortage of people that can play sports well (at a comparable level to the average teacher or firefighter). It's more about the network effect of fans and the marginal value added (think about the value of the Cavs before/after Lebron James). A better point would have been about how the total dollars spent on teachers and firefighters is many times the total spent on athlete's salaries.