UFC fighter asks why NBA players make so much!

[Harry B]

Less players to split the revenue on. Also every player is a lot more important and usually they stay important for very many years. They need to stop using the words “give” or “get”. They are the reason their franchises are worth billions and generate all together a lot more than NBAs 8 billion dollar revenue, together with the media and fans of course. Nba pays their workers (percentage of the revenue wise) as much as any other business, it’s just that they have a lot fewer workers. Every single one of them is a Fortune 500 ceo. Instead of one ceo and 50k workers.

The question people should be asking is how baseballs off brand players get the same or even better deals and nobody knows who they are and it’s done on the low

 

[Grifter]

Money brought in and time. When Arod signed that 100 mill contract with Texas people thought the world went crazy. Now look at baseball contracts.

 

[WheresWallace]

R1 is in reference to why they get paid more. The supply part is that height and skill matters. You don't have a large population of 6'+ people with that skill level to draw from. In contrast to say, football, where pure athletes have a much easier time making the NFL than the NBA. Hence you have a relatively limited supply. If the demand is the same and the league revenues are comparable, NBA players will see more money than NFL players. Of course this isn't the true case because of other factors, but it explains that the lack of replacement players drives NBA salaries.

R2: You're right, there isn't a height requirement. But let's be realistic - you have to be tall to play in the NBA. There are extremely few who can make it without being so. You also need a certain level of skill (shooting, dribbling, passing, defense) and athleticism to be drafted. That combination restricts the supply of people in the population who are realistically going to make the NBA. If no one was taller than 6'3 you'd still need to satisfy the other 2 variables. Which still results in the supply of people that can play in the NBA being limited.

You're speaking of supply and demand in terms of economics, and the supply side of NBA salaries is largely dictated by the supply of labor that drives the product. That refers to the supply of people making the NBA, not the supply of basketball games they are offering. And height is a defining factor in the pool of people that they can pick from.

Yeah, I see what you're saying. I kinda agree with you. My fault.