who is the highest paid nfl player now?
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Peyton Manning...10 year contract worth 100 million
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College football is rich with talented recievers right now. If I was a NFL GM and had to choose one, I'd go with Calvin Johnson without a doubt.
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Brady Quinn will be the first one.  There has been so much hype around him.\nb
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Drew Henson.\n\nSince the NFL is in the offseason, and NFL Europe is going, Henson is the leading passer right now in the NFL Europe.
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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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not sure try to google it the best would be nfl.com but you gota pay
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Of course. This offseason a lot of mediocre players are being over-paid. Gary Mathews got $50 million from the Halos. I would bet about $40 nillion of that is due to that catch he made.
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What position? I'd say Peyton Manning because he dominates  as quarterback, but he has never been successful in the post season. On that note, it would have to be Tom Brady, as he accomplishes what is really important, winning the title.
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LT is the best running back in the NFl. He is an great guy in person as well
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Definitely, I am glad so see someone else agreeing.  I am a Giants fan and i feel that eli isnt worth $500 nevermind $9million.  He is the worst QB in the NFL.  It is not possible to be any worse.  The only reason the giants have any wins is because of the rest of the team.  Eli throws mainly to the other team and when he does throw it to his team it is either at the ground or over their head. Anyone can hand off and he barely did that well last night.  He cant scramble away from a hit and he cant read a defense.  Throw him in the trash.
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Actually Ronaldinho replaced Beckham as the highest paid footballer last year.
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Hi,\n\nAccording to France Football, the highest five paid players in 2006 are (in million of euro):\n\n1. Ronaldinho (BRA/FC Barcelona/ESP)23\n2. David Beckham (ENG/Real Madrid/ESP)18\n3. Ronaldo (BRA/Real Madrid/ESP)17,4\n4. Wayne Rooney (ENG/Manchester United/ENG)16,1\n5. Christian Vieri (ITA/AS Monaco/FRA)16\n\nHope this helps
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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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For most active NFL quarterbacks its Unversity of Texas has the highest...ie 2 ( Vince Young, Chris Simms)\nCurrently active nfl roster includes the maximum number of players from University of Miami
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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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Ronaldinho is world's highest-paid footballer    \n\nThe 2005 winner of the Ballon d'Or for best footballer in the world, who plays with Barcelona, will earn a total of 23 million euros ($28.5 million) this year, nearly three times as much as he made in 2005.This total includes a salary of 8.5 million euros in bonuses and about 14 million euros income from advertising.\n\nBeckham came in second on the list, with earnings of 18 million euros for 2006, down from the 25 million euros he made last year.\n\nHe was followed by another Real Madrid 'Galactico', Brazilian striker Ronaldo with 17.4 million euros, England striker Wayne Rooney with 16.1 million euros and Monaco's Italian striker Christina Vieri at 16 million euros.\n\nWhile there are only two Chelsea players among the world's top 20 earners, the club's outspoken coach, Jose Mourinho, topped the trainer list with 10.9 million euros.\n\nFar behind in second place was England's Swedish coach Sven-Goran Eriksson with 6.9 million euros, followed by Manchester United trainer Alex Ferguson at 5.95 million euros.
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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)