Thank you that rudimentary explanation. I, for one, couldn't possibly have figured that out.
I've got news for you. Every business has a cap - it's called a budget. I know because I prepared the annual budget of a 200 employee company for 25 years. Every dollar that goes to one person is a dollar less for everyone else. I'll tell you something that never happened. I'll go so far as to guess you've never done this, either:
"Jake, I'll take 20% less so Schmidlap can have more money. He and I work so well together. I'd hate to see him leave."
And yet, some fans expect athletes - with short careers that could end at any moment - to do that. That's just letting your fanboy emotions get in front of your adult brain, as no adult (including yourself) would do such a thing with their own compensation.
Yeah, because that's exactly what was said.
I'll also refer you to the above example, because I'll go out on another limb and suggest you wouldn't do it, either. So does that mean money is more important to you than family, life, friends, and success? Or does that rule only apply to "greedy" athletes?