To be fair, I did make the claim without having verified it.

would have taken me twenty seconds to google this, I presume. 

My excuse is it was late, I was lazy, and was heading out to watch the first northern lights of the season

denlillaapan

About 4M teachers at $70k vs about 500 professional basketball players at $10M.

So, the teachers are around $300B and the basketball players $10B.

the_stacker_muse

econ

On the Salaries of Basketball Players and Capitalism's Contributions to Society

About 4M teachers at $70k vs about 500 professional basketball players at $10M.

So, the teachers are around $300B and the basketball players $10B.