As you can see from the chart, the actual distribution of wealth is weighted heavily toward the top 20%, whereas most Americans would prefer to see the majority of wealth much moreevenlydistributed.
Americans not only think that wealth and income are much moreevenlydistributed in America, they also prefer a system that is radically more equal than the one we have.
There is less wealth disparity among the top college basketball teams than the top football teams mainly because television money is moreevenlydistributed in basketball.