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Who were the first players in baseball football and basketball to earn one million dollars a year?
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The first MLB player to earn $1 million per year was Nolan Ryan in 1979. I haven't been able to find the NBA & NFL players as of yet.
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Who was the first person to make a million dollars in Pro Basketball?
w chamberlain
How much do euroleague basketball players make?
a superstar can make 4-5 million dollars a year
First football player to make a million dollars a year?
The first football player to make a million dollars a year was Joe Namath. In 1969, Namath signed a three-year contract with the New York Jets that paid him a total of $3 million, making him the highest-paid player in football at the time.
Who was the Highest paid basketball player 2005?
David Robinson with 5.74 million dollars.
How much money does a football player mack per game?
About 87 million dollars. No wonder our economy is crashing.
What is the average salary for baseball basketball and football players?
The average salary for a basketball player is 5.15 million dollars. The average salary for a football player is 14 million dollars.
What sport has the highest profit?
FOOTBALL! They have a large number of players with over $75 million dollar contracts!
Which sport makes more money basketball or hockey?
If you are really good in football for example like Peyton Manning he gets paid about 25 million dollars. That's if your good, but if you an average player than the average salary would be about 500,000 to 2 million dollars. Unless if your sponsored by Nike or something. But in basketball you get paid much more because if your good like Lebron James, he gets about 80 million dollars. An average player in the NBA would get about 5 million to 10 million depends on how much time your on the court.
What are the five most popular North American Sports?
baseball, basketball, football, and nascar ________________________________________________________________________ This is a bit of a subjective question that will vary by personal preference but I will do my best to take my own feelings out of my answer. 1) Football, be it college or NFL many Americans worship at the alter of the pigskin first and foremost. 2) Basketball, March Madness is a billion dollar industry and the NBA is at an almost all-time high popularity with the bevy of stars in today's game. 3) Baseball, it's called America's Game for a reason. 4) Hockey, with the emergence of stars such as Ovechkin, Crosby, and Ryan Miller after his exhilarating Olympic performance has people becoming interested again in the first major sport to cancel a season.
How much salary for football?
80.5 Million Dollars.
How much money do basketball players in the world basketball association make?
Like 21 Million dollars.
What is the salary for a basketball player in Germany?
The average salary for a Basketball player in Germany is, in U.S. dollars, $2 Million.
Who was the first person to make a million dollars in Pro Basketball?
w chamberlain
How much does a jr college basketball coach make?
5 million dollars
What was the first baseball game to gross a million dollars?
the first baseball game to gross a million dollars was the Yankee's versus the braves in 1965
Value of a basketball signed by the shaunzinski Gortman?
it would be worth 1.2 million dollars
Which is the richest sport among these Golf basebal basketball football. Rate according to the number?
Number Uno(Big Suprise):NFL $984.5 Million Dollars Number Duos: English Premier League $513 Million Dollars Number Three: MLB $496 Million Dollars Number Four: Formula One(European Grand Prix) $435 Million Number Five: NBA $207 Million Dollars (Golf wasn't even on the list but it is estimated to be pretty low) http://www.askmen.com/sports/business_200/218_sports_business.html
