WOW.

of the big three, NBA, NFL, and MLB there are some suprising things i discovered
for one the biggest salaries come from the sport you least expect it from.
and the lowest guys dont do too bad either

6/16/2008 11:15:50 PM

mlb highest?

6/16/2008 11:17:11 PM

way to post content

[Edited on June 16, 2008 at 11:18 PM. Reason : better wording i guess]

6/16/2008 11:17:19 PM

You wouldn't expect the highest salaries to come from the sport without a salary cap?

6/16/2008 11:25:10 PM

MLB
http://www.sportscity.com/MLB-Salaries/


NFL
http://www.sportscity.com/NFL-Salaries/

NBA
http://hoopshype.com/salaries.htm

6/16/2008 11:28:04 PM

Quote :

"You wouldn't expect the highest salaries to come from the sport without a salary cap?"

And to those who actually play the longest..

6/16/2008 11:29:17 PM

top paid athletes

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/more/specials/fortunate50/2008/index.html


the golf endorsements are ridiculous, i mean who pays for this stuff?

6/16/2008 11:31:23 PM

I bet you could find out if you clicked the links that say 'See Tiger's sponsors' or 'See Phil's sponsors'

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Also, preemptive position on the 'THESE GUYS DON'T DESERVE THIS MUCH MONEY' argument

0.00001% of the population can do what these guys do and they're in an industry that makes billions. It's almost unfair that they don't make more; most owners are scumbags.

[Edited on June 16, 2008 at 11:37 PM. Reason : ]

6/16/2008 11:32:48 PM

I wonder how much Tiger's caddy gets from Valvoline to wear a patch on his shirt

I bet its more than most golfers get

6/16/2008 11:34:33 PM

I GOT $20 MILLION + 15% GROSS FOR MATRIX MOVIES LOL

6/16/2008 11:46:01 PM

You're services are only worth what somebody is willing to pay, if they are making that much money, they are worth it

6/16/2008 11:50:11 PM

they're probably worth a lot more than they get paid. Owners make a shitton of money, because of the players, so they're actually worth more than they get paid. But yeah, I don't think if a couple teams wanted to bid on me and give me 20+ mil a year i'd say no.

6/16/2008 11:55:06 PM

pro sports owners are some of the greediest motherfuckers on the planet earth

Jerry Richardson is the exception

Bob Johnson is the rule

6/16/2008 11:56:02 PM

i dont know about this, all these guys do is run around and play with balls
the owners have to first make tons of money then invest it into a business, manage it, advertise, build, grow, maintain, and cultive this industry

thats takes way more work and talant than it takes to be a pro athlete


if i was an owner and heard athletes complain id fire them all and get new ones
as long as they're better than the general public they will be looked up to

[Edited on June 16, 2008 at 11:59 PM. Reason : ,]

6/16/2008 11:57:55 PM

lord almight mayweather got 20 fucking million for that one angle on WWE?!

I bet most of the main wrestlers don't make that in their lifetime

6/16/2008 11:59:08 PM

Quote :

"I wonder how much Tiger's caddy gets from Valvoline to wear a patch on his shirt I bet its more than most golfers get"

Read today in the USOpenBlog @ ESPN that Tiger's caddy, Steve Williams, would fall in the top 200 list of career earnings for golfers. This all assumes the typical caddy takes of 10% for a win and 7.5% for Top 10.

6/17/2008 12:57:57 AM

I'd say statistically Formula One drivers make the most. Even the scrubs earn more than $1 million/year while the top drivers this year make close to $30 million before sponsorships and winnings.

Before Schumacher retired he was bringing in over $40 million from Ferrari alone. I believe he was the top paid athlete in the world at the time.

6/17/2008 1:03:48 AM

Tom Brady is much lower on that SI list than I expected.

6/17/2008 1:11:05 AM

wtf, michael finley makes $22 million

6/17/2008 2:08:43 AM

How could you honestly say you follow sports and not know baseball players get paid the most???

[Edited on June 17, 2008 at 2:15 AM. Reason : ^Wow what a rip-off....]

6/17/2008 2:15:31 AM

Kevin Durant is #13

surprising

6/17/2008 7:16:02 AM

Quote :

"lord almight mayweather got 20 fucking million for that one angle on WWE?!"

wow.

The top boxers get paid ridiculous amounts of money.

Which is why I don't believe people who tell me that UFC guys are better athletes than boxers.

6/17/2008 8:23:59 AM

I think Finley is probably making the money from two contracts. The spurs and the Mavs

6/17/2008 8:43:35 AM