who makes more money basketball players or football players?
537954
NBA players make a lot more than NFL players.  Plus the money is guaranteed while no one in the NFL has guaranteed contracts.
544405
Yes, they definitely get paid too much.  There are other professions that deserve more, while sports deserve less.  The military definitely warrants better pay, because they fight for our freedom to enjoy those spectator sports.  Teachers deserve more because without them, society would lack the knowledge necessary to thrive.  Professional athletes are able to demand those high salaries because people allow them to.  If they weren't supported, they wouldn't make the money.
644353
Kobe has the biggest ego of all time.  Still, he is money at the end of a game, or at clutch moments
311229
endorsements if they can make alot of money off of anything that will make money they will invest and market to the most extreme take lebron james he was a 100 million dollar man before he ever played his first game of basketball but imagine how much they are making off of him now because of hiss success if softball players were able to market and generate huge profits such as the world series or the superbowl they would be the nations most dominant sport they would have softball jerseys in footlocker istead of dwayne wade an peyton manning only one soccer player ever had a jersey in footlocker and her name was Jenny Finch
1069527
Football... Its more active and its a long game and american football is has shorter games i'm from england, I build muscule by playing football european ppl r fit cause they play football. American ppl play american football but they r still fat!
949543
I don't think its nonsense. It really doesn't matter to the players because all they want is MONEY. Trading in the nba doesn't occur as much as football.
558837
look at shaq, the big unleaded got a ridiclous deal, the only player right now that deserves that is kobe bryant, i am not a kobe fan at all but he is the best. yao ming in very popular and watch hell get kobe type money. so it is very important, nba, mlb and nhl are all put people in the seats sports so getting popular players is a priority. the nfl is a tv sport, you have the luxury of not having to put superstars on a team and you can just put the best team possible out there.
176133
The players play for pride making emotion a bigger part of the game. Games are more exciting because teams actually play defense. I can't stand watching all the showboating in the NBA and College ball doesn't seem to have all that.
670039
I assume that you are talking about the players.  In that case it is baseball.  The NFL has a salary cap.  You don't see any football players signing $200 million dollar contracts like in baseball (Alex Rodriguez)
878138
I would have to say baseball.\nMost players per team that play more games than the N.F.L.\nBig Contracts and signing bonuses.
577721
Shaq. Shaq can score. Shaq will have a bigger impact because his TEAM is not as good (though the level of play is about equal right now).
145906
NBA players are paid yearly. The amount varies from contract to contract and depends on how many years is stated in the contract.
498319
Well, the NFL is the best organized league in the world, and as the most organized league it is the most profitable. If teams and owners were not earninjg big amount of money, they wouldn´t be paying big salaries. Football players are incredible athletes that compete during 6 hard football season months! But a team woulnd´t be paying 100 million in salaries if they weren´t recieving much more. Tickets, merchandise (in and out of stadiums), TV contracts, sponsorship deals amount for such a profit that they can afford those big salaries. True, players go through a lot of pain during and after the season, but i guess rugby players do also, and they aren´t recieving the same salaries. Also, i believe salaries are way too high, but as long as the owners are making money, they will be going for better contracts to attract the best in the business.\n\nGolf ain´t that bad sport. Last Sunday someone won 1.3 million for 4 days of work at the course... not bad! Tiger has a 20 plus million contract with Nike. I believe he has made Nike win more than that or else he wouldn´t get a new contract!
118827
There are a couple professional players that make several hundred thousand a year.  The very best players can add to that a bit with the few endorsements reserved for the very top players.
358675
MLB has the highest average salaries, I believe, at $2.5-$3 million.  The NFL has average salaries close to $1.5 million.  The NBA and NHL are also in the $1-2 million range.  I'm quoting these from memory, as I've seen the numbers before, but they may have changed since I read the article.\n\nNote that the best players get payed quite a bit more than that (some are over $20 million).  All of the leagues have minimum salaries in the $300k-$500k range.
84871
I haven't followed the NBA for many years for this very reason.\n\nWhile all professional sports seem to have their share of athletes who seem to only care about their statistics and how that translates into a paycheck, there seems to be a lot more of it in the NBA.
964755
On paper, it really looks like Kobe Bryant is the better player because of his accomplishments and natural athletic talent.  But taking everything into consideration, I believe that Allen Iverson is the better player.\n\nIverson is an enigma.  A 6'0'' guard who is fourth all-time in season scoring averages.  He has played though many injuries where others may have faltered.  At 30, he has refined his game (and become more of a point guard) and still continues to be as effective and as productive as he was in his 20's.\n\nHope this helps.