how much is the average salary for MLS players (soccer in US) do they match their E.U top leagues friends ?
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For equally rated players the MLS gives 40% less salary.It's true , believe it or not
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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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A lot. Football already pays well. Plus advertising. And I think he has that new school in the US or something.\n\nI got this from worldsoccer.com: \n\nCurrent Club:\nReal Madrid. Transferred from Manchester United 07/02/03.\nFee approx: $39.5. - Salary estimated at $199,119.39 per week.\n\nGot this from faqfarm.com:\n\nDavid Beckham gets £500,000 PER WEEK.
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depends on who we're talking about...and paid by whom r u refering to..?\nthey don't just get money from the clubs,but also from endorsements n sponsorship deals...\nall in all it's a REDICULOUSLY HUGE sum of money... :)
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go to cbssportsline.com and click on any sport than player and you ll see their salary
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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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Actually I think you need to look a little further than the shores of the USA, if your asking the WORLDS richest. The article below tells Manchester United Football Club (Soccer) as the worlds richest sports club, since this article they have been overtaken by Real Madrid (Soccer)\n\nCBC SPORTS ONLINE - Not even the New York Yankees can touch the financial juggernaut that is Manchester United. \n\nAccording to figures released by sports business group Deloitte & Touche, the English soccer giants topped the list of the world's richest sports franchises for 2002-03. \n\n\nRELATED: \nCBC Sports Online Soccer Tracker\nThe figures ranked the top 20 soccer franchises in the world and compared those figures with the top 10 teams from other pro sports. \n\nManchester United, the reigning champions of the English Premiership, posted revenues of $413.3 million for the 2002-03 season. \n\nBy comparison, the Yankees (the top money money-earner in the U.S.) hauled in $400.8 million in revenue, while the NFL's Washington Redskins (2nd overall in the U.S.) earned $325 million. \n\nThe soccer club's fortune was built on its overwhelming success in domestic competition (they've won nine of the last 12 league championships) and selling out their 67,000-capacity Old Trafford Stadium for each of their home games. \n\nAccording to the report, 40 per cent of the club's revenue came from the gate, 33 per cent from broadcasting rights and the remaining 27 per cent from commercial ventures. \n\nThe club sold more than 2.5 million replica shirts during the year, with 40 per cent of those sales coming outside the United Kingdom, a testament to how much of a global marketing phenomenon the soccer club really is.
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1(2) Real Madrid £186.2m\n2(1) Man Utd £166.4m\n3(3) AC Milan £158m\n4(5) Juventus £154.9m\n5(4) Chelsea £149.1m\n6(7) Barcelona £140.4m\n7(9) Bayern Munich £128m\n8(10) Liverpool £122.4m\n9(8) Inter Milan £119.7m\n10(6) Arsenal £115.7m\n11(12) Roma £89m\n12(11) Newcastle £87.1m\n13(14) Spurs £70.6m\n14(17) Schalke £65.8m\n15(-) Lyon £62.7m\n16(13) Celtic £62.6m\n17(16) Man City £60.9m\n18(-) Everton £60m\n19(-) Valencia £57.2m\n20(15) Lazio £56.1m (previous position in brackets)\n\n1  Manchester United  England  1,373 \n2  Real Madrid  Spain  1,012  \n3  AC Milan  Italy  921 \n4  Arsenal  England  841 \n5  Bayern Munich  Germany  769 \n6  Juventus  Italy  687 \n7  Chelsea  England  508 \n8  Internazionale Milan  Italy  504 \n9  Barcelona  Spain  440 \n10  Liverpool  England  370 \n11  Schalke 04  Germany  324 \n12  Newcastle United  England  302 \n13  AS Roma  Italy  263 \n14  Manchester City  England  222  \n15  Tottenham Hotspur  England  214 \n16  Olympique Lyonnais  France  208 \n17  Celtic  Scotland  196 \n18  Valencia  Spain  195 \n19  Bayer Leverkusen  Germany  189 \n20  Glasgow Rangers  Scotland  187 \n\nDoes this do it for You?
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THE PLAYERS ARE PAID A WEEKLY WAGE, THE AVERAGE ANNUAL WAGE IS £676,000. THE TRANSFER FEE IS A AN AGREED FEE BETWEEN THE TWO CLUBS FOR THE PURCHASE OF A PLAYER. FOR INSTANCE MANCHESTER UNITED PAID EVERTON £30 MILLION FOR WAYNE ROONEY. USUAL WHEN THE CLUBS AGREE A FEE THE PLAYER SPEAKS TO HIS POTENTIAL NEW CLUB TO AGREE A WAGE AND A SIGNING ON FEE. THE SIGNING ON FEE IS USUALLY INCLUDED IN THE TOTAL TRANSFER FEE. THE TRANSFER FEE ALSO INCLUDES THINGS LIKE AGENTS FEES AND THE LIKE
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David Beckham is the world's highest earning footballer earning around $32 million last year although this is mostly through sponsorship endorsements. His weekely salary is around £210,000 per week.\n\nJoseph S Blatter is 70 years old. Retirement beckons...we hope.
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YES!!!\nThat's a good salary in EVERY country (assuming US$)
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Over here they get paid anything from nothing at all to hundreds of thousands of dollars (before perks.)  I don't know off-hand of anyone with a million-dollar salary (maybe Eddie Maguire, but then he is in a different role now).  It is definately less than what you would get in a country like the USA where they have a much bigger population base, more competition etc.
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Someone between £8000 and £18000 a week I would imagine. He's not a high-earner compared to the 'superstars' of the the Premiership - but I wouldn't mind his wages!!
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Wow, you seem to take the commentary quite personal - I doubt they even know you.\n\nIn all seriousness, I find the play-by-play announcers to be quite poor, especially Tommy Smyth, but the former players are at least halfway decent.\n\nIf you've ever watched MLS matches, you'd understand the lack of detailed knowledge of the international game - not many similarities there, at least the with the top leagues.\n\nDo remember, you're looking at American commentators, so a bias towards the American team is understandable, just as you see it with broadcasts from other countries.
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Not even close.  Supply and demand.  No one watches the WNBA.  Thats what they put on ESPN when there aren't any paintball championships.  People like flash and dunks and high flying, which isnt available in the WNBA.  If people paid the same attention to the WNBA as the NBA and paid as much money in tickets and merchandise, then yes they would be paid the same, however the WNBA players make around $30,000 a year on average vs. the NBA, where the minimum salary for a full year contract is $120,000.  Some NBA players make as much as a full year WNBA contract in a 10-day contract.
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Well, in English money, top flight players can earn from £20,000 to £100,000 a week.\ni.e Cristiano Ronaldo earns around £27,000 a week, and Steven Gerrard earns £100,000 a week
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This is only true for those players playing in the US, those playing outside ie in the European Leagues are in similar pay scales. All are conditional to what the team they are playing for and what they think they are worth. The US based players get paid what they are worth based on the market. When the sport becomes as popular as basketball and baseball and the teams start making the same kind of money the salaries of US based players should increase.