This document contains information about salaries in various professional sports leagues and teams. It lists the average salaries in sports leagues like the NBA, NFL, MLB, and others [SENTENCE 1]. It also provides data on the highest-paid players on MLB teams in 2013, with Alex Rodriguez as the highest earner at $30 million [SENTENCE 2]. Additionally, the document examines public opinions on issues like whether injured players deserve their full salaries if not playing and if players are earning worth relative to their performance [SENTENCE 3].

2.  National Basketball League (NBA) $5.2
Million
 Major League Baseball (MLB) $2.5
Million
 National Football League (NFL) $1.75
Million
 National Hockey League (NHL) $1.3
Million
 Professional Golf Association (PGA)
$0.973 Million
 Women’s Tennis $0.345 Million
 Men’s Tennis $0.260 Million
 Women’s Golf $0.162 Million

3. Major League Baseball (MLB) $178 Million
National Football League (NFL) $120 Million
National Hockey League (NHL) $64.3 Million
National Basketball League (NBA) $58.04 Million
Major League Soccer (MLS) $2.6 Million

4.  The minimum salary for a MLB ball player is
400,000 dollars. Roughly the same salary as the
president.
 Alex Rodriguez gets paid almost 40,000 dollars a
plate appearance, more than Mickey Mantle made
in his rookie season!
 Peyton Manning makes 15 million dollars in
endorsement deals per year, plus his 30.8 million
dollar annual salary.
 On September 17, 2011 Floyd “Money” Mayweather
made 40 million dollars in one night, fighting Victor
Ortiz.

5.  1 Alex Rodriguez New York Yankees $ 30,000,000 Third Baseman
 2 Vernon Wells Los Angeles Angels $ 24,187,500 Outfielder
 3 Johan Santana New York Mets $ 23,145,011 Pitcher
 4 Mark Teixeira New York Yankees $ 23,125,000 First Baseman
 5 Prince Fielder Detroit Tigers $ 23,000,000 First Baseman
 5 Joe Mauer Minnesota Twins $ 23,000,000 Catcher
 5 CC Sabathia New York Yankees $ 23,000,000 Pitcher
 8 Adrian Gonzalez Boston Red Sox $ 21,857,142 First Baseman
 9 Cliff Lee Philadelphia Phillies $ 21,500,000 Pitcher
 10 Miguel Cabrera Detroit Tigers $ 21,000,000 First Baseman
 11 Carl CrawfordBoston Red Sox $ 20,357,142 Outfielder
 12 Justin Verlander Detroit Tigers $ 20,100,000 Pitcher
 13 Roy Halladay Philadelphia Phillies $ 20,000,000 Pitcher
 13 Ryan Howard Philadelphia Phillies $ 20,000,000 First Baseman
 15 Felix Hernandez Seattle Mariners $ 19,700,000 Pitcher
 16 Carlos Lee Houston Astros $ 19,000,000 Outfielder
 16 Alfonso Soriano Chicago Cubs $ 19,000,000 Outfielder
 16 Carlos Zambrano Miami Marlins $ 19,000,000 Pitcher
 16 Barry Zito San Francisco Giants $ 19,000,000 Pitcher
 20 Torii Hunter Los Angeles Angels $ 18,500,000 Outfielder
 21 Tim Lincecum San Francisco Giants $ 18,250,000 Pitcher
 22 Jason Bay New York Mets $ 18,125,000 Outfielder
 23 Ichiro Suzuki Seattle Mariners $ 18,000,000 Outfielder
 24 Josh Beckett Boston Red Sox $ 17,000,000 Pitcher
 24 Jake Peavy Chicago White Sox $ 17,000,000 Pitcher

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ports

7.  Q1; What is your view of the current payrolls
in professional sports?
 A1; The payroll is defiantly too high, especially
now with the luxury tax in baseball, the
payrolls need to be decreased. If the teams do
not decrease their payrolls they will wind up
paying more with the tax
 Q2; Do you think an injured player should
receive their salary if they are not playing?

8.  Person I interviewed; Arnie Rosenbaum
 Occupation; AP of physical education at
Francis Lewis High School
 Athletic Director of Francis Lewis

9.  A2; Well, only if the injured players salary will
not cost the organization a ton of money.
 Q3; If a athlete does not play to their full
potential, do they deserve the money that they
are being paid?
 A3; Only if that player is making a load of
money. Take Alex Rodriguez for instance, he
has been injured, and hasn’t played to his
potential.

12.  Forbes sports Money/ YES network
 ESPN 30:30/ ESPN
 ESPN Magazine/ ESPN.com
 Bleacherreport.com

13.  Do you think athletes are overpaid?
 What sport do you think overpays
players the most?
 What team do you think has the
most overpaid players?