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Professionalathletessalaries
1. C O N N O R M I L L E R
PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE
SALARIES
2. AVERAGE SALARIES AND CAREER
LENGTHS
• Wouldn't it be great to make nearly $111 million a year
simply to play a game?
• NBA
• Average career length is 4.8 years
• 5.15 million a year
• MLB
• Average career length is 5.6 years
• 3.2 million a year
• NFL
• Average career length is 3.5 years
• 1.9 million a year
3. HIGHEST SALARIES
• NBA (2016-2017)
• LeBron James (Cleveland Cavaliers) $30.9 million
• 3 year contract worth $100 million
• MLB (2016-2017)
• Clayton Kershaw (Los Angeles Dodgers) $32.8 million
• 7 year contract worth $215 million with 18 million signing bonus
• NFL (2016-2017)
• Andrew Luck (Indianapolis Colts) $24.5 million
• 5 year contract worth $123 million with $87 million guaranteed
4. PUTTING THINGS INTO PERSPECTIVE
• President
• $ 400,000 a year
• Doctors
• $ 201,000 a year
• Teachers
• $ 47,000 a year
• Firefighters
• $ 44,000 a year
• Police
• $ 53,000 a year
5. QUESTIONS
• Do you feel that professional athletes are being overpaid
just to play a sport?
• Do you think professional athletes deserve all the money
their making?