Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers makes 30 million a year.
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Café — 7 years ago(July 11, 2018 11:43 AM)
The **** does that have to do with anything?
“It’s unreal how MLB, NHL, NFL, and NBA players are overpaid compared to minimum wage workers and the homeless” is an entirely different topic. And because poor people exist doesn’t change the fact that NBA players make more than NHL players, where the concern suggests that they are
overpaid.
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Rocketman — 7 years ago(July 11, 2018 09:54 PM)
Basketball isn't a top tier sport in America? Bitch, it's the second most popular sport.
NHL players are underpaid, but that's due to the fact that hockey isn't as big a draw as other sports, which is reflected in the way they each team is broadcast. Most games are only aired on regional networks, and I think NBC only airs like 10-15 games out of the regular season.
Basketball players make more money because of lucrative TV contracts. The renegotiation of the TV contract two summers ago saw the increase of a lot of salaries across the board, and allowed for a team like Golden State to sign Kevin Durant.
Tom Brady only gets paid $14m because he chooses to so the team can sign better free agents.
And, finally, the NFL needs to seriously get the **** on board with a soft salary cap or no cap at all, and start making all contracts guaranteed. Football is the most popular sport in America, and it isn't even close. Teams can afford to pay players proper wages.
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Rocketman — 7 years ago(July 12, 2018 12:11 AM)
Just about every market with a baseball team has a basketball team: Cleveland, Philadelphia, Toronto, New York, Boston, Atlanta, Miami, Los Angeles, Oakland/San Francisco, Chicago, Minneapolis, Houston, Dallas, Phoenix, and Denver.
Baseball has become more and more regionalized in recent years, while basketball hasn't. Thanks primarily to Michael Jordan's dominance in the 90s, basketball has now skyrocketed to the upper echelon of sports, not only in America, but in the world. Baseball's reputation has taken a big hit from the Biogenesis scandal last decade, and many previous fans have become incredibly jaded.
LeBron should get paid whatever the **** he wants. Him signing for any team guarantees that that team's attendance rates will skyrocket, and that the team will be given an automatic berth to the playoffs.
And LeBron is hands down the greatest player of all time. Kobe was great, but the majority of his success was the result of having Shaq on his team for eight years.
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2.71828 — 7 years ago(July 12, 2018 12:52 AM)
Its rank depends on the metric. The NBA is more popular than MLB on television with higher ratings and revenue but has less total revenue and lower attendance. When you consider that MLB plays almost twice as many games it has much higher attendance in absolute terms. Overall MLB is in the second position.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_professional_sports_leagues_in_the_United_States_and_Canada#Traits_of_these_major_leagues
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