25 Facts About Pro Athlete Salaries That'll Turn You Into a Hater

Get ready to get mad. Or paid. Mostly mad.

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Professional athletes earn a king's ransom to play children's games. Even though they're just being paid what businessmen and agents determine as "market value" for their unique and suddenly expensive skills, the contracts they command are absurd. We weeded out a bunch of facts for you to read in horror and disgust—from the amount of money Lance Armstrong made through his lies, to the fact that MLB's minimum wage is 32 times larger than New York State's, and even news that Aaron Hernandez still stands to get paid from prison. Check out these 25 Facts About Pro Athlete's Salaries That'll Turn You Into a Hater.

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JaMarcus Russell just made another $3 million.

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Gilbert Arenas is still being paid by the Magic.

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Ilya Kovalchuk currently has $100 Million worth of job security for 15 years.

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Lance Armstrong made $218 million by cheating.

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Aaron Hernandez will probably make $3.25 million in jail this season.

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The average Real Madrid player earns $149,935 per week.

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Amar'e Stoudemire will earn $21,679,893 and $23,410,988 the next two seasons.

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The highest paid MLS player makes 123 times more than the league minimum.

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The Mets paid Johan Santana $48 million for not pitching.

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Kobe Bryant will earn $30,453,805 next season.

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Albert Haynesworth made $1.78 million a game for the Redskins.

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Jerome James once earned $5.8 million for playing five minutes.

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Alex Rodriguez makes $13,942 an hour.

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Albert Pujols can potentially be paid $7 million for one hit.

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Baseball's minimum wage is 32 times New York State's.

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The Yankees are paying $17.9 million for A.J. Burnett to pitch for the Pirates.

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Adam Archuleta got paid $10 million for seven starts.

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Liverpool paid $64 million for Andy Carroll's six EPL goals.

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Average athlete income has increased over five times more than average American family income.

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The current Chelsea FC has cost nearly $3 billion to acquire.

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Eddy Curry is broke.

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Kimi Räikkönen's annual salary was more than an entire country's GDP.

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Floyd Mayweather earns more per fight than the entire Houston Astros team.

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Alex Rodriguez is the two-time richest athlete ever.

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Bobby Bonilla will be rich forever.

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