Why NBA Players Are The Highest Paid Athletes 

I came into this thinking “no way” but after watching the video and making note of all the research it makes complete sense.

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They actually do, but compared to the global viewership of a sport like soccer, the nba still falls short, that's why you see player like Ronaldo and Messi make 45 million pounds just from their salary alone, and Messi is making upwards of 108.2 million pounds this year. On top of this, they have their endorsements which make them rise well above a 100 million

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It's hilarious when we read the comments that people keep bringing up Messi and Ronaldo. The key word here is average. Yes, Ronaldo and Messi make far more than any other athletes but when you look at the average salary in those leagues NBA players make more. It's not a difficult concept

NBA Players are more Cultural Icon than these American sports league Unlike in Football where Bundesliga, La Liga and Premier League competes for the best football league in the World The Best Basketball Players in the World are playing in the NBA

It would make sense based on sheer numbers. The NBA does have the smallest roster compared to other major team sports, and the league makes hella money, so there is more money to go around

We can also consider the fact that MLB has a complete farm system where their rookies are. So while the 40 man roster dictates the numbers to be considered for the salary cap, there is another $5 million or so that they set aside for the farm teams (with each team having their own staff plus more personnel needed for scouting). The NBA has the G league, but I believe it is only recently when all the NBA teams owned their own G-League team. Some teams even shared one D-League (as it was called back then) like the Idaho Stampede before it was purchased by the Utah Jazz.

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Not to many athletes can get to the NBA, it's the most difficult to get in, only the best of the best, not like other sports that have over 30 guys in their roster, maybe that's why and in America the most famous athletes are from NBA, not American football or baseball

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Great to see NBA stars be well payed and take care, the players association is the key behind protecting players from being underpaid by their bosses 👏

Love to see it. Basketball the best sport in the world.

Basketball isn't the most popular but still earns more than soccer

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Why is the NBA highest paid? Simple, thank you Michael Jordan!!!

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Because the NBA is the best sport

Football: speed American Football: strength Baseball: precision Voleyball: vertical jump Hockey: durability Basketball: all of the above

i understand now in america. but in the world.. nah nah nah. not even close to RONALDO and Messi

basically, its less players, thats why. Plus they are by far the most competitive league in their sport, while in football (european) there are 4 different leagues that are almost equally competitive.

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Messi makes like 130 million a year. I swear lebron makes like 40

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And there's Lionel Messi who earns nearly 150 million dollar just from FC Barcelona every year.

All the profit/money should go to ownership and then they get decide what players deserve financially. No agents needed. If you don’t like making 300k a year I’m sure someone would love to play professional basketball for that much money.

In general you r right but leo messi's sallary is greater than lebron, brady and ronaldo combined.672 mil(4 years)

Answer: it's Americas 2nd most popular sport but they only have to divide the money up amongst 15 players instead of 50+ in football. Also 82 games vs. 16.

Maybe on average they make more but if you compare superstars money they come nowhere near ronaldo or messi

Bruh there’s a 1 in 4,000 chance to make the nhl and didn’t get me started on being a first liner or starting goalie. (Or 0.025 JUST to make it one game)

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In football money is scattered around because of many countries, many leagues and divisions. If football were 1 single league it would generate probably x100+ times more

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The NFL is guaranteed at LEAST $125.5 Billion in JUST TV money by 2033. The league is going to be raking in highly likely much more on this deal alone when looking at it's structure. The NFL has 30 of the Top 50 Most Valuable Sports Franchises in the World (NBA - 6, MLB - 5). If the NFL got rid of their 'Hard Cap' system, they could easily top the highest paid players as the teams overall have more money to spend then any other league in the world. BTW 'global viewership' or the globality of a sports team or league doesn't mean anything but just that. Those 'more global' teams of said league aren't bringing in more money or viewership numbers overall than more regional leagues of just the U.S. alone (NFL). Having less players to pay on each team technically does NOT mean they HALF to pay each player a higher or lower certain sum of money in comparison to another league or team in their own league. That's each team's choosing as to what they will pay along with market competition of what another team will offer. Especially when there is no Hard Cap.

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Please someone explains NONSTOP SPORTS that MESSI has a salary of 170 millions. NBA teams have a salary of 132 millions MESSI had a 4 year deal of 680 million dollars...

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Because they have the best union.

Well Forbes says soccer players earn more.

Lebron is an owner of 98000 crores!How rich!

TLDR: Smaller roster, bigger slice of the pie. Soft salary cap vs Hard cap for other leagues.

Less players less leagues more money to the players

Massive contracts are not good it can destroy the whole team terms of chemistry. It’s like they say don’t be greedy

You know what would be interesting? If you could inculde the average pay in the Champions League. Essentially with American Sports you have the (around) 30 best payed teams in the world. In national football leagues you do not.

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Football is the most paid sports in the world. Who don't know?

Aren't Messi and Ronaldo the highest paid athletes itw?

cause it how much you bring in its a business

It’s the fact that there’s less people on the court

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NBA generates more money per player

Lol the way you explain how good a player actually has to be to make it to the NBA is another reason random nobody fans calling players trash etc boggles my mind

Messi N CR7 make more than all NBA players

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Because that’s league with less players. Didn’t see the VIDEO YET

How come pro sports are like the one fuckin industry where the company making more money means the employees get more money. What other field has had the average salary double in the past 10 years?

Because u only have to pay 15 guys that why😂

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82 games a season , deserve the pay , less players on the team, so that’s less players to share money with

What sport do you think makes the most money off the court?

Yea but the nba Has a select group off players. Were footballen (soccer) had a lot. If you take the combined salary of the players how play in the superleauge the salary would be higher than basketball Sorry for my spelling i’m Dutch

What about NASCAR ? (JK) They are drivers not athlethes

Not any more, any elite ballers moving to Saudi are the highest paid athlete

EPL team play 35 game per season NBA team played 82 game per season Off course Gate right and television deal would be big for sure..

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Am I the only one who doesn't like how the NBA always has big teams changing around with free agency rules and whatever. Like in the premier league teams have dominating history and it makes it so much better when small teams have great seasons like leicster 2016

Its also because of the American sports system, not hating I watch NBA and English football but the NBA is set up for viewership, the top teams get views, the bottom teams earn top picks and hyped players for views in the Premier League, if your shit you get relegated

You focus on all the sports that speak English. Plus the La liga, French league and others leagues paid there player way more than the NBA you need to check yourself. Cristiano ronaldo and Messi are the top paid players in the world and plus Football is global sports that is played more and it is watch more than NBA. Those players I mention are billionaires too. The stadiums over in Europe can are bigger than the nba stadium and there is more people at the stadium watching than there is at an nba which btw I have seen them both at the stadium when there was a game for NBA and for football.

Only bcoz of US, if football is hut in US they will get double of NBA's

In football/soccer you didn't counted other leagues like la Liga ,Bundesliga, serie A, league 1 and champions league combined they make more than other sports

But soccer superstars get paid way more than NBA,NFL, NHL & MLB superstars

But if you look at the highest paid athletes list most of them play soccer.......

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Sorry but hockey players should be the most paid Less player = more money

NBA players are fewer

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They should get paid the least NHL players should get paid more

No they are not

In every major sport Puts American football

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Yeah but soccer players like messi or ronaldo make way more money than lebron or giannis

The premier league isn't the main soccer league? The Champions League is even better I don't understand why you don't get that. Also Messi makes 79 million, while lebron makes 39 million.

In 2021 Messi only in football makes 97 millions dollar, Lebron James makes 35 dollar only in nba. 🤣😂WTF you say.

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