2007-02-09 02:10:51 · 6 answers · asked by jslicko 1 in Sports ➔ Other - Sports
Mostly depends on contract situations, but ultimatley the salaries are paid by the fans. You watch the game on TV and you are an advertising target, that makes you valuable and you add to the amount that a network will pay a team or league for the right to broadcast thier games. Go to the games and yoour dollars go directly to the owners who pay the palyers. Buy merchandise with your favorite players name or number? The liscencing fees go back to the team who funnel that money down tot he player. It's all your dime, my friend.
2007-02-09 02:15:30 · answer #1 · answered by Wayne M 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends what kind of athlete. Professionals are paid by the owners of their teams who in turn get their money from selling tickets and selling advertising and selling just about anything they can get their stick fingers into.
Top level amateurs are often given money by various government agencies. College athletes might get funding from scholarships or if their sport generates revenue that might pay for some of their equipment. However, most 'athletes' are self-funded.
2007-02-09 02:16:05 · answer #2 · answered by megalomaniac 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My belief has always been that the owner writes the paychecks, but the fans fill the the owners' bank account. Directly, the check comes from the club, indirectly, that money comes from the people who pay to watch the team entertain.
2007-02-09 02:20:16 · answer #3 · answered by kski 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The owners of the team. The money comes mainly from the profits of ticket sales to watch events as well as team sponsors.
2007-02-09 02:19:11 · answer #4 · answered by Muga Wa Kabbz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The owners of the teams they play for sign their checks.
2007-02-09 02:14:58 · answer #5 · answered by lunatic 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The owner of the team.
The owners get money from ticket sales, concessions, T.V. deals, etc.
2007-02-09 02:14:57 · answer #6 · answered by Skyhawk 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋