The World's Highest-Paid Athletes

[shulasmyhero]

20 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

It's pretty easy to figure out why NBA players make a poo ton of money.

NBA = 13 players x 30 teams = 390  

NFL = 53 players x 32 teams = 1696

NBA = 82 regular season games

NFL = 16 regular season games

Same thing holds true for baseball.

MLB = 40 players x 30 teams = 1200, but... 162 regular season games

Yeah, I get the math but the disparity appears to be greater than ever.  

Historically only the great NBA players got the big contracts but now with the TV deal and funky salary cap, good, not great players are getting huge contracts.  

[LinvilleGorge]

10 minutes ago, shulasmyhero said:

Yeah, I get the math but the disparity appears to be greater than ever.  

Historically only the great NBA players got the big contracts but now with the TV deal and funky salary cap, good, not great players are getting huge contracts.  

The max contract stipulation artificially contracts the top of the market, thus making mid-level contracts bigger in comparison.

I've lost virtually all interest in the NBA in recent years. It's just mercenary ring chasers teaming up to create all-star teams. First with Lebron, Wade, and Bosh down in Miami and now with Curry, Thompson, and Durant in GS. To GS's credit, at least they did draft Curry and Thompson. 

I really wish the NBA would go to a hard salary cap like the NFL and ditch the max contract stipulation. Those two factors are what allow for these "super teams" to be created that ruin the parity in the league.

[Hoenheim]

So if luck took a 50% paycut to his salary/winnings  that would put him at 23.5 in that catagory while Cam's salary/winnings is still 10 MILLION DOLLARS below HALF of what luck makes in salary/winnings at 13 million? I know Cam makes way more than luck in endorsements it seems but even if you include eveything total  Cam's still making only half of Luck's overall? wow. Could you imagine if luck simply made same amount of earnings as Cam the colts could pay for a way better defensive pieces theyve been missing for some time.

Im not exactly sure what went into determining how much Cam and Luck made, and how much baragaining they had to do with the team or if the team just threw such a gigantic figure at luck from the start? Or Cam just agree to not take an insane sum? Or just a difference in how much the organizations believe a QB should make? I'm really curious now. 

Because if you look simply at success in the league ,

*TLDR from below Cam and Luck have very simular stats, same playoff record (3-3) , similar winning percentage, almost same completion percentage, Cam has more personal awards ... They're pretty much a wash statistically. How in the good green fug is Luck making that much more than Cam x.x Please Explain 

Luck : Career Record 43W 23L  61%  winning , Playoff Record 3-3 , Furthest Playoff Achievement? Got curbstomped by the Patriots in AFC Championship Game 2014. ,3X Pro Bowl , 0 Notable awards otherwise, 0 All Pro , 59.2% Completion Percentage , TOTAL TDS 146 

Cam : Career Record 51 W 40L 1Tie  about 56% winning   Playoff Record  3-3 with Furthest PLayoff Achievement :  1 SB Loss to a Suffocating Denver Defense. 1 NFC Championship Win, Rookie of the Year 2011, MVP 2015, 2015 Offense Player of the year , 3X Pro Bowl, 1X All Pro , 58.4 % Completion percentage TOTAL TDS 184 

 

 

[CamMoon]

Biggest take away from this list....
NBA players are significantly overpaid.  Many of which are meh talents, particularly from a historical perspective.
Not hating, good for them getting what they can but some of those salaries are eye opening.

Should the owners be getting all of the money the players generate or what?

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[Mvp2014]

15 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

The max contract stipulation artificially contracts the top of the market, thus making mid-level contracts bigger in comparison.

I've lost virtually all interest in the NBA in recent years. It's just mercenary ring chasers teaming up to create all-star teams. First with Lebron, Wade, and Bosh down in Miami and now with Curry, Thompson, and Durant in GS. To GS's credit, at least they did draft Curry and Thompson. 

I really wish the NBA would go to a hard salary cap like the NFL and ditch the max contract stipulation. Those two factors are what allow for these "super teams" to be created that ruin the parity in the league.

Agreed.  They have ruined it now.  Durant joined his enemy, I've lost all interest

[Hoenheim]

13 minutes ago, Mvp2014 said:

Agreed.  They have ruined it now.  Durant joined his enemy, I've lost all interest

And on the other hand the most notable FA that the Panthers have signed in the Cam/Rivera era? Greg Olsen in 2011 , I don't think you could classify any of the other FAs we picked up since anywhere near All Pro level , just vets, role players, and cast off from other teams. Otherwise our main stars other then olsen are all drafted (Cam, Bradberry, Benjamin, Davis, Keuchly ) , .

I feel the same way about the NBA , first there's less players so one player can drastically change a teams fortunes (ex. LeBron on heat and Cavs ) , and it's seemingly easy for them to just make 4 or less superteams and you see them year after year in the championship . Just imagine if Patriots and Seahawks just roflstomp everyone through the playoffs and face each other in the SB 3 times in a row..

 

I like football alot more anyway since we have much fewer games and our playoffs are single elimination , every game has a ton of meaning and there's so many players, pieces on both teams its a real team effort to win every time . 

[shulasmyhero]

7 hours ago, CamMoon said:

Should the owners be getting all of the money the players generate or what?

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Yes, that's exactly what I was saying.....

[LinvilleGorge]

47 minutes ago, Hoenheim said:

And on the other hand the most notable FA that the Panthers have signed in the Cam/Rivera era? Greg Olsen in 2011 , I don't think you could classify any of the other FAs we picked up since anywhere near All Pro level , just vets, role players, and cast off from other teams. Otherwise our main stars other then olsen are all drafted (Cam, Bradberry, Benjamin, Davis, Keuchly ) , .

I feel the same way about the NBA , first there's less players so one player can drastically change a teams fortunes (ex. LeBron on heat and Cavs ) , and it's seemingly easy for them to just make 4 or less superteams and you see them year after year in the championship . Just imagine if Patriots and Seahawks just roflstomp everyone through the playoffs and face each other in the SB 3 times in a row..

 

I like football alot more anyway since we have much fewer games and our playoffs are single elimination , every game has a ton of meaning and there's so many players, pieces on both teams its a real team effort to win every time . 

We traded for Olsen, he wasn't a free agent.

I'd probably argue for Michael Oher as the most notable free agent of the Rivera era, though you could make compelling arguments for Ginn and Kurt Coleman. Either way, hardly blockbuster name that we're talking about here.

[OriginalPantherDan]

On 6/7/2017 at 11:08 PM, Gin and Juice said:

Gotta hand it to JPP, he's making some nice money. He's only a fingertip behind Trufant's guaranteed money. Thumbs up, big fella.