Which sport overpay players the most?
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I think everyone of them is way overpaid. this country would survive if sports stopped. but if all the hard working americans said to hell with it and stopped working nothing would get made no money would be made and the sports players wouldn't get paid at all.
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In answer to yur first question currently david beckham is the highest paid this soon could be michael ballack because chelsea have bottomless pockets there is also speculation ronahldinio may sign a new contract that would entitle him to £90,000 a week. In answer to question 2 i would imagine that this is correct as the USA capital of NBA is a much larger country than the UK capital of the FA. Although the only thing that may contradict this is the folowig of football all over the world i.e. world cup to which NBA hasnt got a version of. Hope this helps ;o)
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I know who is the highest: Frank Lampard at 9,8 Million Euro per year. Hope this helps.
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Too many of them that's for sure...  \n\nThis article claims it is Rio Ferdinand:\n\nManchester United enter their first season under the Glazer clan, following American tycoon Malcolm Glazer's hugely unpopular takeover of the richest club in the world of football. So, this campaign could be crucial for Sir Alex Ferguson and his future at the Old Trafford, but the manager has not invested much during the off-season. Sir Alex had been looking for a first-choice goalkeeper and he hopes the signing of Edwin van der Sar ends the hunt. Korean forward Ji-Sung Park, who arrived from Dutch champions PSV Eindhoven, also looks a promising addition, but Ferguson has failed to strengthen the rest of the squad. However, Manchester United start the new season boosted by the news that Rio Ferdinand is staying at Old Trafford. The 26-year-old defender ended speculation about his future by penning an improved new four-year contract. English media reports said Ferdinand wanted more than €170,000 a week, almost certainly making him England's highest-paid player, but the terms of the new deal were not disclosed. However, Manchester United need to avoid yet another bad start in order to finish higher than last season.\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n\nAlthough he is captain of the national English team, David Beckham lives in Spain and plays for Real Madrid.
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I assume you mean from sports alone - no endorsments or acting gigs. If this is the case, the highest paid athlete is Alex Rodiguez (NY Yankees) - a bit more than $25 million a year. With endorsements deals and pet projects, it is Tiger Woods.
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KG is not overrated!\n\nMy list:\n\nPippen, Rasheed Wallace, Marbury, Shaq (last two years), Peja
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Real Madrid and England star DAVID BECKHAM is highest paid soccer player. \nHe switched teams from Manchester United to Real Madrid in a $41 million transfer. He earns $28 million dollars a year. \n\nAs Per Forbes List\nBeckham - $28 million \nRonaldo - $19 million \nZidane -  $16 million
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For me it has to be Ruud Gullit or Ossie Ardiles. Although football fans have famously short memories (ie - the last ex manager is always the worst) there have been some awful examples at St. James Park. At least Souness bought what were on paper reasonable players - Michael Owen, Scott Parker, Emre, Albert Luque, Amdy Faye. \n\nGullit lost *that* derby game at home to Sunderland and ruined what was at the time a promising team. The signings Gullit made were also flops - Marcelino, Silvio Maric and Stéphane Guivarc'h.
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I am not sure but I think it is Nicolas Anelka. Since he began his playing career in 1995, he has played for 8 clubs, not including his second stint at club Paris Saint-Germain. I think he also has, if i am not mistaken, the highest total for career transfer fees, standing at 69.8 million pounds.\n\nYears             Club \n1995-1997       Paris Saint-Germain\n1997-1999       Arsenal\n1999-2000       Real Madrid\n2000-2002       Paris Saint-Germain\n2001-2002       Liverpool\n2002-2005       Manchester City\n2005-2006       Fenerbahçe\n2006                Al-Emarat\n2006-Present  Bolton Wanderers
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There are too many players.
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David Beckham is the world's highest earning footballer earning around $32 million last year although this is mostly through sponsorship endorsements. His weekely salary is around £210,000 per week.\n\nJoseph S Blatter is 70 years old. Retirement beckons...we hope.
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Players are paid what the market offers.  Team owners generally overpay players in fear that the player may sign elsewhere.  I don't have a problem with a football player getting $2 million.  The average career of a football player is 4.5 seasons.  If that player is injured, and cannot work, then I can justify their salary.  As long as we the Suckers, keep buying tickets, jerseys, memorabilia and the like, then pro players will be overpaid.
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On strait salary, Shaquille O'Neil, $20 Mil, this year.\nI would guess that LeBron James makes the most total (salary + endorsments), but I don't really know.
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i would have to say 1)zidane -juve to madrid,  2)figo -barca to madrid 3) probably a suprise to many but crespo is number 3.Although the money was not paid directly,Lazio paid some cash(i dont have exact figures) and then part ex 2 players,Serigo conceicao and mathias almeyda.The 2 players were officially valued at about 10m each whilst lazio paid around 12m pounds in cash.
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MLB has the highest average salaries, I believe, at $2.5-$3 million.  The NFL has average salaries close to $1.5 million.  The NBA and NHL are also in the $1-2 million range.  I'm quoting these from memory, as I've seen the numbers before, but they may have changed since I read the article.\n\nNote that the best players get payed quite a bit more than that (some are over $20 million).  All of the leagues have minimum salaries in the $300k-$500k range.
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I agree with your thoughts on Solskjaer and in my opinion the worst buy for any player ever, and this is going back a bit was the signing of Thomas Brolin at Leeds. Played like a twat then got kicked out for being useless and overweight. Went back to Sweden, no club wanted him and he got a job as an estate agent I believe. Think they paid something like 2.5 million for him which is probably equivalent to 20 million now. How's that for bad business then?
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