I understand the frustration, but I'm not sure why it should be any more than over everything else that's so expensive these days. Why should anyone in any field work for less than they can get for their specialized services? I just hope that some of this enormous money floating around sports gets into foundations to fund recreation resources to keep kids occupied and out of trouble until they can find their way out of bad influences, neighborhoods, etc., and into being productive members of society. Call me a dreamer, but isn't that where a lot of these guys came from, why shouldn't they pay it forward? How much can their money buy that's much better than a good house in a nice area, a nice car, a top education for your kids, etc.? The basic formula for every price is the intersection of supply and demand, pure and simple. I'm more interested in what they do with it, but there's also nothing wrong with accumulating great wealth to invest in our capitalist system, the greatest wealth creator yet devised. As an aside, the OP mentioned rookie cards, I am surprised that the Jeter catalogue doesn't include some truly astronomical figure for his, like 5K or something, since it's become such a big deal in the hobby.
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