The best of the best... they are just that. The Best.
And the best deserve to get paid.
Deserve is perhaps a bit strong. The best of the best among hurdy-gurdy players, or handball players, care-workers for disabled children or teachers don't make much. Do they deserve less?
These guys are entertainers, and they rake it in because entertainment pays. Even Logan Paul is wealthy, not because he has any exceptional value as a human being, but because he entertains. People are impressed by athletic prowess, but nobody pays for it unless it can be used to entertain.
I could be wrong, but my opinion is that entertainers drastically reduce their value when they cease to entertain. Sure they have a right to express their opinion, but if they make the people who pay them feel bad instead of entertaining them, their value is going to drop significantly. I don't care about a performer's opinions, but if I pay $100 to see them perform and they use that time I paid for to push some personal agenda that annoys me, I am out. It's very unprofessional, to say the least - and disrespectful to the fans who made them rich.
That said, I'd rather watch paint dry than sit through any pro sports game. Aside from being a waste of time (most entertainment is), I find it weird that people's mood for the week and their joy depends on whether a group of highly paid athletes that have nothing to do with them win a game. Those are seriously misplaced priorities (unless you have money on the game - then it makes sense).
These guys are insanely lucky to be living when they are. Throughout 99% of world history, the ability to put a ball through a hoop has been worth pretty much nothing. Instead of appreciating that, they complain and take their time to lecture the poor bastards among their fans who have to bust their ass everyday to put food on their family's table.They were hoping to use what little extra cash they have to be entertained and taken away from their miserable lives for a couple hours - and instead they got told by multi-millionaires how bad they are because their skin color may have earned them an extra crumb or two in life.
But that's just me. If the NFL, NBA and Major League baseball disappeared tomorrow, I wouldn't even notice.