$100,000,000,000.00
Two players are on each team. For the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the US has eight players, two mens teams and two womens teams.
The combined salary for all the NBA players this season (2008-09) is $2,147,804,038.
Misty May Treanor and Kerri Walsh took home the gold in women's beach volleyball in the Beijing 2008 Olympics.
The players on the Australian women's beach volleyball team at the 2008 Olympics are Tamsin Barnett and Natalie Cook. Barnett was on the indoor volleyball team at the 2000 Olympics. Cook is a veteran, having won the Gold at the 2004 games and Bronze at the 2000 games in beach volleyball. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics#Volleyball
As of the 2008 Games, Australia has won one gold medal in beach volleyball and no gold medals in indoor volleyball. The gold came in 2000 by the women's team of Natalie Cook and Kerri Pottharst. Australia has also won a bronze medal in beach volleyball. That came in 1996 by the team of Natalie Cook and Kerri Pottharst in the women's event. Australia's indoor volleyball team has never medalled at the Olympics.
"Misty May is one of the top volleyball players in the world. She has won olympic gold twice, once in 2004 and once in 2008. She has won World Championships in 2003, 2005, and 2007. She got silver in World Championships in 2011. She won the bronze in Pan America Games in 1999."
Yes, 22 of the 23 players on the 2008 US Olympic baseball team play in the minor leagues (14 AAA, 7 AA, 1 A) and the other player is in college. Click on the '2008 US Olympic Baseball Team' link below to see the roster.
Sunday night, August 24, 2008 (after volleyball) - starting at 6pm CST
The 2008 Games was Todd Rogers first Olympics. The gold he won with Phil Dalhausser in men's beach volleyball was his first and only Olympic medal.
According to the 5 year contract signed between the owners and players in 2006, the minimum salary in 2008 is $390,000 and in 2009, the minimum salary will be $400,000.
As of 2008, the last year this information is available, the median salary of players on the Patriots roster is $ 931,200 per person. The total payroll for the Patriots in 2008 was $92,743,120.
League Minimum = $33,000 (2008) League Average = $129,395 (2008) Developmental players may earn as little as $12,900 (2008)