DaneykoIsGod Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/specials/fortunate50-2010/index.html Don't waste your time if you're looking for any hockey players. It's just an interesting thing to look at. As one would expect, there are plenty of Yankees. And residing at No. 11 is evidence that the NFL's salary structure is fvcked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overtime98 Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 The Yanks' top four starting pitchers -- Burnett, Sabathia, Andy Pettitte and Javier Vazquez -- are earning a combined $63 million this year. That's nearly twice the Pittsburgh Pirates' entire payroll. Burnett better start performing; he was 7-7 with a 4.75 ERA in the first half. Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/specials/fortunate50-2010/index.5.html#ixzz0uRFOhGd0 Wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devilsrule33 Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/specials/fortunate50-2010/index.html Don't waste your time if you're looking for any hockey players. It's just an interesting thing to look at. As one would expect, there are plenty of Yankees. And residing at No. 11 is evidence that the NFL's salary structure is fvcked. Yikes. Scary how much some players make, and how many awful deals there are. John Lackey's deal is terrible. Same with Vernon Wells. Hockey players picked the wrong sport. That's for sure. Crosby makes almost a third of what Lackey makes this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmigliore Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Johan Santana makes $21M this year, I'm stunned hes somehow not on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaneykoIsGod Posted July 22, 2010 Author Share Posted July 22, 2010 Johan Santana makes $21M this year, I'm stunned hes somehow not on here. Wow, you're right. How did they miss that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmigliore Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Haha, I know someone who will rocket up this list in a few years: Ryan Howard. He'll be making $25M per from 2012 to 2016. Now THAT is brutal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aylbert Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 People need better agents... how do you carry less than 100k in endorsements? Market yourself now, collect the money and invest it... or you'll be broke and forgotten about before you know it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grcenter47 Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 forget ryan howard... what about Albert Pujols.. i heard he is gonna ask for 35 million Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neb00rs Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 Who gives a sh!t about that list anymore? Money in mainstream sports is a joke. The athletes on that list make a ridiculous amount of money from their contracts and then get 10 times that in endorsements for doing absolutely nothing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyrsuck26 Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 Who gives a sh!t about that list anymore? Money in mainstream sports is a joke. The athletes on that list make a ridiculous amount of money from their contracts and then get 10 times that in endorsements for doing absolutely nothing... It's called the entertainment business, get used to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neb00rs Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 It's called the entertainment business, get used to it. I am used to it. My point was that there is no point in the fascination with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimaira_Devil_#9 Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 I need to get good a golf!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepperkorn Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 Outrage is funny when most of you don't blink at shelling out hundreds for tickets to these events. No one here is outraged or they wouldn't provide the revenue that pays these guys. Salaries are only fair - I'm outraged at how they can fill huge stadiums and exorbitant prices daily when it comes to baseball. If Hockey did that players would make more - but there is no market for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaneykoIsGod Posted August 16, 2010 Author Share Posted August 16, 2010 Outrage is funny when most of you don't blink at shelling out hundreds for tickets to these events. No one here is outraged or they wouldn't provide the revenue that pays these guys. Salaries are only fair - I'm outraged at how they can fill huge stadiums and exorbitant prices daily when it comes to baseball. If Hockey did that players would make more - but there is no market for it. We spend a lot of money on entertainment, don't we? I was watching this documentary on lottery winners on HBO (it's called Lucky, and I highly recommend it) and it broke down how much total money is spent on various forms of entertainment in America per year: Movie tickets - $7 billion Sporting events - $16 billion Books - $24 billion Lottery tickets - $62 billion I thought this site gave a cool visual breakdown of how the average American spends their paychecks. Out of $49,638 in total expenditures, $2,698 (or 5.4%) went to entertainment. I guess that doesn't seem like so much when compared to expenditures on stuff like housing, transportation, insurance, food, etc. Not sure what point I'm trying to make here ... so ... yeah ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squishyx Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 We spend a lot of money on entertainment, don't we? I was watching this documentary on lottery winners on HBO (it's called Lucky, and I highly recommend it) and it broke down how much total money is spent on various forms of entertainment in America per year: Movie tickets - $7 billion Sporting events - $16 billion Books - $24 billion Lottery tickets - $62 billion I thought this site gave a cool visual breakdown of how the average American spends their paychecks. Out of $49,638 in total expenditures, $2,698 (or 5.4%) went to entertainment. I guess that doesn't seem like so much when compared to expenditures on stuff like housing, transportation, insurance, food, etc. Not sure what point I'm trying to make here ... so ... yeah ... So I believe what you are saying is.. we need to have a good 'ol fashion book burning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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