I do agree that football is a good activity: for mental and physical health.
but do you think it’s funny the average player get a millions income year In each game?
The reason they get this much money is because of supply and demand.
Millions if not billions watch football, buy shirts, attend games. This all translates into billions upon billions of dollars injected into the sport. That money exists regardless of how much money footballers take.
The question is, if footballers get less money, who gets the rest?
The answer is the executives, tv companies and brands that are profiting off the hard work of footballers, many of whom grew up as working class kids working their arse off to get to where they are.
TLDR: If the money doesn't go to the players, it goes somewhere else.