Arkansas Bengal Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 Bengals rank 126th in ESPN salary survey CINCINNATI -- According to findings published this week from the ESPN/SportingIntelligence Global Salary Survey, NFL teams don't pay their players, on average, as well as teams in other sports leagues. The Cincinnati Bengals, however, are among the NFL teams that do. Strike another blow to the myth the Bengals are cheap. Per the survey, the best-paid in the NFL play for the Dolphins, Lions, Bengals and Packers. On average, players on each team make about $2.3 million per year. NBA teams, the survey found, pay their players $4.6 million on average annually. Major league baseball teams pay their players $4.2 million on average each year. Overall, professional athletes from the world's 333 top sports franchises in 17 sports leagues make $17.94 billion, the survey said. The Bengals rank 126th on that 333-team list, up from 138th last year. At No. 124, the Dolphins are the highest-ranked NFL team. The survey also has Cincinnati's payroll at $123.3 million, the 21st-highest payroll of the entire list. At $272.8 million, MLB's Los Angeles Dodgers have the largest payroll in global professional sports. With their players averaging salaries of $9.1 million per year, the Paris Saint-Germain soccer team of France's Ligue 1 are the world's highest-earning pro athletes. This year, Pro Bowl receiver A.J. Green will be the Bengals' big earner. He tops the Bengals' 2015 salaries with a whopping $10.18 million that was the product the Bengals signing him to a fifth-year option last year. That salary figure could change, though, as the Bengals potentially work out a long-term extension for him later this summer. Unless re-signed this offseason, he will be playing out the final year of his rookie contract this season. http://espn.go.com/blog/cincinnati-bengals/post/_/id/17296/bengals-espn-survey-nfl-best-paying-players-among Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccartman2 Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 Sounds like we are doing pretty good and the headline is pretty misleading. Wonder how those rankings would look if you looked at $$$ per game. 16 for NFL players is by far the lowest and their team sizes are the largest making them spread the salary across more players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 Sounds like we are doing pretty good and the headline is pretty misleading. Wonder how those rankings would look if you looked at $$$ per game. 16 for NFL players is by far the lowest and their team sizes are the largest making them spread the salary across more players. Bengals were 17th last year in price per win at $12.3M. $1.44M per regular season game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky151 Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 Pay comparisons in the NFL are pretty meaningless since the league has a hard cap so all payments show up eventually. Some studies count signing bonus in the year paid, while others prorate it as the league does. A team could theoretically operate for years at 89% of the cap but in practice most owners are competitive enough to spend close to 100% over time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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