Not individuals. The profession.
You can't lump professional athletes in with health care, paramedics, police, people who manufacture food, firefighters, grocery store workers, hydro workers, teachers etc. Those are professions that need to continue. Professional sports is a luxury, not grocery stores.
As such, if you are basing it off of professions rather than age, it's those workers who should get vaccinated first (some have, but not all), not professional athletes. I don't see how you can take the attitude you are taking.
Therefore, if professional sports want to continue, then that's up to them. However, they should not jump over those other groups to get their vaccinations first. If they shut down tomorrow, I'll be sad, but it won't dramatically affect people. If hospitals shut down, if food supply issues arise. If all grocery stores shut down, if there is a fire and firefighters don't come, if the power goes out and nobody fixes it. Those are issues that cost lives. Those are issues that affect people more than a game not being played.
Just because I watch hockey, doesn't mean I think they should get vaccinated before essential workers. I watch movies too. It doesn't mean I think actors should skip the line. I enjoy hockey, I don't put hockey players on a pedestal and think they are better than everyone.