What I mean is that say for example Rooney gets paid 50,000 a week, which I think is what he gets, then does that mean he gets paid 50 grand 52 weeks a year, or only during the season, however weeks that may be.  The reason is I like to compare salaries of players in Europe to NFL, NBA, and MLB salaries in the US.  Also when a player is bought from one club to another does the player get any of that money, or does the club that sold the player keep it all.
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they pay for player the whole year even if he is injured or a substitute. they pay for him every week unless he make another contract to another team. and about the transfer the player get his weekly salary and the owners team get the money for the transfer.
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I think all professional athletes should get paid a lot LESS money! Don't get me wrong, I understand their career's are much shorter, so they need to earn enough to live off for the rest of their lives sometimes (barring a career in management or commentary) but come on, Ballack is now earning £120,000 PER WEEK! That's 6 times my annual salary every week....\nThe girls should be more on a par with men, but that ammount is obscene, nobody, athlete, politician, business man or otherwise should be making so much money.
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The MLS keeps it's players salaries confidential but for the salaries that do leak it seems to be quite a difference. For instance, Freddie Adu will earn $550,000 this year, behind Landon Donovan of the Los Angeles Galaxy ($900,000) and Eddie Johnson of FC Dallas ($875,000).\n\nBobby Boswell earned $28,000 and there are 4 developmental players who made only $11,700. 3 others made $16,500.\n\nSo it's hard to give an actual average but you can see that they are all over the place.
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Yes. Well it wouldn't really be practical. Maybe if the amount of money put into football could go to the NHS and the like, carers, etc. could have a decent wage which reflects their work and other money could be spent on machines and training, etc. I definitely don't see how it can possibly be seen as fair that footballers get paid so much. All they do is play a game. And they only do that half the year for a couple of hours at a time. Nurses, etc. have to work stupid hours all the time for a crappy wage which is hardly livable.\nMr. Evil is a careworker and although his wage is higher than some, he still doesn't get paid enough.
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Primarily its money\n\nSecondarily its the chance to win the champions league\n\nThirdly it could be the chance to play with and against top teams and players in the English Premier League.
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Players don't necessarily wear the numbers of their club for their country.\nWhat happens if two players wear number 12 and play for different clubs, but the same country?\nDuh.
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It depends on their contract. Most get paid per year but some have longer contracts. So really its all about the contract.
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They do,\n\nNo NFL player gets paid from their contract if they get injured from a risky activity besides football.  All of the contracts have that stipulation in them
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OK the one basically had it correct. You put a guy on waivers and that is just before free agency. You say Hey anyone want this dude at this contract. Every team in the league has the chance to then pick them up at that contract. If they all say nah then the player goes back to the team. If someone picks him up then they have to pay the player at the contract of the team that put him on waivers. You don't have to give them anything else. It is a little like a free agency. If the player clears waivers then the team has to figure out what to do with them but have to pay the contract. They are saying they will try to buy it out.
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Each player in the wild-card playoff round earns $17,000 and another $19,000 for the divisional playoff round. Each player in the AFC championship game makes $37,000.\n\nThe winner of the Super Bowl then makes another $73,000, while the loser earns $38,000.\n\nWith the contracts today, this is probably less than just about everyone's per-game paycheck during the regular season.
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Well in football they have revenue sharing so all teams make a profit. Some teams are much more aggressive than others when it comes to advertising and marketing. The more aggressive ones have more profit to spend. So the NFL has a salary cap so all teams are on a level playing field as opposed to MLB which has a handful of big spenders and a bunch of small market teams. The salary cap is set according to a certain percentage of revenues taken in each year. Every year each team has to be under a certain limit, set by their Collective Bargaining Agreement, by the end of training camp. The way the owners circumvent the cap each year is to pay rather large signing bonus money up-front which is pro-rated over the course of the contract to spread the cap hit evenly. If a player is cut before the end of their contract the remaining pro-rated signing bonus is all lumped onto that last year which usually means a huge cap hit for that team. Alot of players sign huge contracts knowing full well they will never see the back-loaded contracts to their end, and they end up restructuring their contracts to accommodate the team if they really want to stay. So somewhere down the line difficult player cuts have to be made. Hence why you see teams letting older players go and keeping younger players , it all leads back to salary. Now they have what they call veteran minimums on contracts for older players, if you can convince a player with say 5 years experience to sign for a  veteran minimum the cap hit is not the complete total of the contract yet the player still makes a decent salary and the team gets to keep an experienced player for a lesser salary cap hit. This is the NFL's way of taking care of veterans yet while still considering the owners costs. Of course some owners don't manage their books correctly and end up sending their teams into a tailspin. They have all the signing bonuses and big contracts end up hurting them in the long run and have some down years. Now some teams don't even approach the salary cap spending limit which really bugs the owners who market aggressively and have more revenues. But this also keeps things even because it would just lead to the problems seen in MLB, the haves and the have-nots. Most teams have what they call a salary cap guru to keep things under control. Some are successful, some aren't. It all boils down to fiscal responsibilty and due diligence. I hope this helps you understand what can be a difficult thing to follow.
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If you are serious and can get some local support, contact the people at this website (see the link).  It would be a semi-pro league and the guys who play do not get paid, they do it because they love the game.  Not sure if they do anything outside of the US or not but they may give you some guidance.\nhttp://www.semiprofootball.org/\n\nYou could not form a team and compete in the NFL league because it is a closed league and teams must buy their way in by purchasing a franchise(BIG $$$$$$).  You would have to compete with many American cities they are already begging to have an NFL team and spending hundreds of millions of dollars building stadiums for the teams to play in.  Also, contrary to the opinion of many jealous Europeans, the players in the NFL are HUGE and very skilled.  An average linebacker (not the biggest guy on the team) weighs about 260lbs (118.2Kg).\n\nHope this helped.
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ESPN will have it in their Team salary section. And they will probibly also post it if they see that a player signs.
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the link has a player index, and lists this years salary for each player. I know it isnt exactly what you asked for, but its a start.
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no there is no limit on wages at all or on the amount you can spend on buying players from other countries, the only limit is the funds your backer has thats why chelsea have got so good so quickly they have a russian billionaire as there owner who can spend as much money as they need and there wages are huge but its all small chips for him. most clubs have to balance the books and can only spend what they earn thats why you have such a difference between the rich clubs and poor clubs and why the same clubs win every year unlike alot of american sport
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Almost every team in the Conference National is full time professional, so their players will earn decent wages. \n\nBut below that, most teams are semi-professional and their players all have other full time jobs, so they train maybe three nights a week after work. An average wage for most players at Rymans Premier level would be around £140 per week, with additional win bonuses. The richer clubs normally can afford to pay better wages, and former professionals would usually get more as well.\n\nActually, £10 entrance in the Rymans Premier League is excessive. Clubs at this level charge between £9 and £7 to stand.
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Forbes Magazine often has lists ranking the value of various sports teams and athletes.  Check out their website.  (Links below)\n\nThere are a few blogs that discuss the contracts of coaches and athletes (also below).  You might want to check the websites of law schools for discussions of sports law.