Highest Paying Sports Teams In The World. (Panthers Rank 3Rd Nfl Team)

[rmoneyg35]

Espn just posted a ranking of the highest paying teams in the entire world, Amazingly the panthers are ranked the 3rd highest paying team in the NFL behind the Steelers and Raiders. Some Soccer teams were atop the list but who cares about soccer.

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[CarolinaPanthers8789]

Just saw this...

Bobcats at 49th with an avg annual pay of $3,860,136 and an average weekly pay of $74,233

Panthers at 95th with an avg annual pay of $2,547,059 and an average weekly pay of $48,982

Hurricanes at 130th with an avg annual pay of $2,228,864 and an average weekly pay of $42,863

[Brooklyn Bully]

Does the number of players on a team factor into this in any way? I have no math smarts.

[Seal (SmittyIsOurSavior)]

Didn't realize MLS and CFL players made that much. 100,000+ a year isn't that bad for shitty leagues.

[KendrickPanther]

The top MLS players make like $2-4m while the bench warmers make $20k. The soccer leagues are in serious trouble because they don't have salary caps. All of the big clubs are in hardcore debt. The Glazers (own the Bucs) have like $1.5b in debt from Manchester United. The small clubs have tons of debt and never win anything.

So I'm glad the NBA and NFL have figured out how to keep franchises from losing so much money they have to fold.

[KendrickPanther]

Does the number of players on a team factor into this in any way? I have no math smarts.

They rank them based on average annual salary. So the Panther's number gets pulled way down by rookies and kickers. The Panthers have a much higher payroll than the NBA teams but they are ranked below several of them.

[chknwing]

but but but everyone said JR was cheap.

[R0CKnR0LLA]

for all the money we're spending you think they'd be able to do more free agency wise as well as have a franchise that's at least above .500

[KendrickPanther]

The Panthers def overpaid their players to make a point. We asked them to pay players but we meant sign a free agent or two. Not just give the old players a raise. Still, we had quite a bit of money sitting out games last year. Thomas Davis had a huge cap figure and Jon Beason made a bunch to. Deangelo made a ton of money for someone that splits time in the backfield. I love Shockey but his stats were not in line with his wages.

[joemac]

I used to hang out with a guy who played for the salt lake mls team, when i lived in utah. I was an e4 in the airforce and made more than him.

[teeray]

Didn't realize MLS and CFL players made that much. 100,000+ a year isn't that bad for shitty leagues.

The problem is that MLS has the stars who could make as much as 5 mill, but there bottom of the bench guys get paid like 15,000 or something like that.

[teeray]

KendrickPanther beat me to it :lol:

[Ken]

The top MLS players make like $2-4m while the bench warmers make $20k. The soccer leagues are in serious trouble because they don't have salary caps. All of the big clubs are in hardcore debt. The Glazers (own the Bucs) have like $1.5b in debt from Manchester United. The small clubs have tons of debt and never win anything.

So I'm glad the NBA and NFL have figured out how to keep franchises from losing so much money they have to fold.

As as soccer fan(yes I'm serious) the bigger clubs aren't in much trouble. They can make very lucrative sponsorship deals that can put a dent in how much they owe. Plus there are tons of competitions to win. The smaller clubs have the problems.

Anyway a salary cap is a very good thing and definitely helps clubs like the Jags to stay afloat.

[KendrickPanther]

Newcastle had some financial issues that saw them relegated but they bounced back nicely this year.