I do not believe that athletes and celebrities make too much money. We may feel that they do, however, we are the reason that they do. Sports and entertainment is a private industry funded by fans and advertisers. The better they are the more they make. If they weren't any good they wouldn't make what they do. Justin Bieber was used as an example earlier. His fans feel that he is worth going to see and therefore buy his tickets. Without his fans buying his CDs and concert tickets he wouldn't make as much. As long as athletes and celebrities have fans they have an income, how big the income depends on how well they entertain their fans.