You have to look at it relatively. Fine the ref is getting paid $200k, but the owners in the box seats are worth billions, the gamblers in the front row seats a

You have to look at it relatively. Fine the ref is getting paid $200k, but the owners in the box seats are worth billions, the gamblers in the front row seats are worth hundreds of millions, and the players are worth tens of millions. Any of those guys can slip the ref a life-changing amount of money if they really wanted to.