THE CONTROVERSY OF SPORTS SALARIES

By Peter Andrisani

Average salary of professional athlete

National Basketball League (NBA) $5.2 Million

Major League Baseball (MLB) $2.5 Million National Football League (NFL) $1.75

Million National Hockey League (NHL) $1.3

Million Professional Golf Association (PGA)

$0.973 Million Women’s Tennis $0.345 Million Men’s Tennis $0.260 Million Women’s Golf $0.162 Million

The Average salary cap of a professional sports team

Major League Baseball (MLB) $178 MillionNational Football League (NFL) $120 MillionNational Hockey League (NHL) $64.3 MillionNational Basketball League (NBA) $58.04 MillionMajor League Soccer (MLS) $2.6 Million

Highest paid players in their professional sport

The minimum salary for a MLB ball player is 400,000 dollars. Roughly the same salary as the president.

Alex Rodriguez gets paid almost 40,000 dollars a plate appearance, more than Mickey Mantle made in his rookie season!

Peyton Manning makes 15 million dollars in endorsement deals per year, plus his 30.8 million dollar annual salary.

On September 17, 2011 Floyd “Money” Mayweather made 40 million dollars in one night, fighting Victor Ortiz.

Highest paid MLB players in 2012

1 Alex Rodriguez New York Yankees $ 30,000,000 Third Baseman 2 Vernon WellsLos Angeles Angels $ 24,187,500 Outfielder 3 Johan Santana New York Mets $ 23,145,011 Pitcher 4 Mark Teixeira New York Yankees $ 23,125,000 First Baseman 5 Prince Fielder Detroit Tigers $ 23,000,000 First Baseman 5 Joe Mauer Minnesota Twins $ 23,000,000 Catcher 5 CC Sabathia New York Yankees $ 23,000,000 Pitcher 8 Adrian Gonzalez Boston Red Sox $ 21,857,142 First Baseman 9 Cliff Lee Philadelphia Phillies $ 21,500,000 Pitcher 10 Miguel Cabrera Detroit Tigers $ 21,000,000 First Baseman 11 Carl Crawford Boston Red Sox $ 20,357,142 Outfielder 12 Justin Verlander Detroit Tigers $ 20,100,000 Pitcher 13 Roy Halladay Philadelphia Phillies $ 20,000,000 Pitcher 13 Ryan Howard Philadelphia Phillies $ 20,000,000 First Baseman 15 Felix Hernandez Seattle Mariners $ 19,700,000 Pitcher 16 Carlos Lee Houston Astros $ 19,000,000 Outfielder 16 Alfonso Soriano Chicago Cubs $ 19,000,000 Outfielder 16 Carlos Zambrano Miami Marlins $ 19,000,000 Pitcher 16 Barry Zito San Francisco Giants $ 19,000,000 Pitcher 20 Torii Hunter Los Angeles Angels $ 18,500,000 Outfielder 21 Tim Lincecum San Francisco Giants $ 18,250,000 Pitcher 22 Jason Bay New York Mets $ 18,125,000 Outfielder 23 Ichiro Suzuki Seattle Mariners $ 18,000,000 Outfielder 24 Josh Beckett Boston Red Sox $ 17,000,000 Pitcher 24 Jake Peavy Chicago White Sox $ 17,000,000 Pitcher

Wordle

http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/6706709/Sports

Questions And Answers

Q1; What is your view of the current payrolls in professional sports?

A1; The payroll is defiantly too high, especially now with the luxury tax in baseball, the payrolls need to be decreased. If the teams do not decrease their payrolls they will wind up paying more with the tax

Q2; Do you think an injured player should receive their salary if they are not playing?

Interview

Person I interviewed; Arnie Rosenbaum Occupation; AP of physical education at

Francis Lewis High School Athletic Director of Francis Lewis

Questions And Answers (Part 2)

A2; Well, only if the injured players salary will not cost the organization a ton of money.

Q3; If a athlete does not play to their full potential, do they deserve the money that they are being paid?

A3; Only if that player is making a load of money. Take Alex Rodriguez for instance, he has been injured, and hasn’t played to his potential.

Non-Fiction Article

The follow-up Forbes sports Money/ YES network ESPN 30:30/ ESPN ESPN Magazine/ ESPN.com Bleacherreport.com

Questions

Do you think athletes are overpaid?

What sport do you think overpays players the most?

What team do you think has the most overpaid players?

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