That's comparable to the revenue of a single (top-level) soccer club: https://www.sportico.com/leagues/soccer/2024/manchester-united-revenue-record-layoffs-empl

That's comparable to the revenue of a single (top-level) soccer club: https://www.sportico.com/leagues/soccer/2024/manchester-united-revenue-record-layoffs-employees-1234796912/ https://www.sportico.com/leagues/soccer/2024/manchester-unit... https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/40629331/real-madrid-first-club-world-report-1bn-revenue https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/40629331/real-madrid-... A quick Google search suggests that the Olympics feature about 10k athletes in summer games and 3k in winter games - 2-3 orders of magnitude more than the typical 20-30 players on staff at a soccer club. I wouldn't be surprised if the wage gap was even more crass than those numbers suggest, but it shows that major spectator sports are an entirely different game.