This is inherently misleading. As I understand it, the numbers are based on the S&P 500. So we're talking about the compensation of 500 people out of 300M. IOW, a significantly smaller group than professional athletes, whose compensation levels are similar and which nobody seems to get upset about.
I do believe these guys are overpaid, but that's the concern of those paying them.
WTF? People are always complaining about high player salaries. I, and several other people I know, refused to attend any more Rangers games when they decided to pay Alex Rodriguez $252 million over 10 years. We weren't going to subsidize his inflated salary by paying for $4 hotdogs and $6 sodas from our pockets.