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Highest paid athletes in 2017

Some here saying athletes overpaid and actors etc... Wake up, only a tiny portion of athletes are on big bucks... A standard NBL bench player on a full time deal is not on big bucks eg 80k ain’t big bucks... An A-League standard soccer player ain’t big bucks... Most tennis players outside the top-80 aren’t on good money... Plus all the swimmers and track and field etc, most are on peanuts and that includes Olympic silver and bronze medalists and some Olympic gold medalists... Sport is mostly the haves and have nots, many even live on the poverty line... Your standard women’s doubles tennis player ranked 100 in world in doubles would barely make as much as a school teacher... Hate to imagine what a men’s or women’s doubles player ranked 200 in the world in doubles earns...

Yes but the forum doesn't equate to revenue to the league.

How often do you post on the nurses and cleaners forums?

Of course they will go down (by a lot), with tastes in sport becoming more globalised due to ease of access.

The highest paid athletes in Australia are AFL, and the reason is the same NBA athletes are shooting up the chart, and the Reason Mayweather got paid $250M for one fight, Broadcast rights.

I'm pretty sure the fight would have been on pay per view, and whilst I don't know the numbers, it must have been worth billions.

Yes, its a truly sad (and rather sick) reflection of our society, but if people didn't watch, there wouldn't be the money.

It will be interesting to see how things develop in Australia as the boomers start to die off, and more and more of the viewing audience moves to streaming and on-demand services. In theory the math shouldn't change, except that I suspect headliner sports like AFL are overvalued.
At the moment, the networks bid up the price based on what they can sell the advertising for.
If we move more to individuals paying to watch, I think the revenue may drop.

I don't pay for any of what you listed above. Unlike the sheep who do inflating everything.

Yes it's entertainment but they are overpaid. I don't value it as much as others.

What I meant by essential services is most*

I meant essential services in to most day to day jobs where you actually tangibly help other people, so not just government but private also. I think an instant improvement would be to tax less by reducing government wastage but that won't happen.

Athletes are so overpaid, and the overall entertainment industry in general. Meanwhile people who actually contribute essential services have to grind for a mediocre piece of the pie. What a world.

SO does that make Irving the Highest paid "Australian"?

Does it say something about our society, that the highest paid person in the world is paid to inflict brain-damage on other people by beating them in the head?

A more interesting list would be a list of active athletes net worth

The basketballers:

LeBron #6
Curry #8
Durant #11
Westbrook #13
Harden #14
Lillard #24
Irving #29
Antetokounmpo #30
Griffin #30
Davis #34
Anthony #38
DeRozan #39
Paul #41
Millsap #42
Wade #42
K Thompson #44
Hayward #46
Lowry #48
Conley #50
Horford #51
George #57
Howard #58
Holiday #60
Love #60
Bosh #65
McCollum #67
Porter Jr #69
Beal #74
Drummond #74
H Barnes #76
Whiteside #77
Parsons #82
M Gasol #84
DA Jordan #84
Adams #86
Redick #86
wall #92
Aldridge #95
B Lopez #95
Batum #100

Anyone know if it will be on leaguepass? Thanks