Whats the deal with professional sports?

To be quite honest I have lost my interest in professional sports in a major way. Don't get me wrong I enjoy going to a ball game and will always love my NY Yankees but something is different now. I see professional sports as what they are. A gigantic ripoff of the American people and a sad way to take our minds off of more important things. I have fallen victim to this trap for too long. I do everything in my power to spend the least bit of money I can at the ballpark. I stick to reading the box score the next day as much as possible. I wont ever quit watching all together and believe me nothing will replace tailgating before a game or BBQing and watching a game, but there is some love lost. I say stop paying athletes so dam much and start paying are educators that much more. We all complain about high gas prices among other things yet we are more then willing to stroll up to a beer vendor and pay the price we normally pay for a six pack for one beer. WTF? The only true positive to be taken from the game is that these professionals are truly living the dream, they are working the job they want and desire. We all should take this attitude.