global salary survey
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Survey: Athletes making $17.94 billion on 333 top teams
The 333 teams in the ESPN/SportingIntelligence Global Salary Survey pay their athletes a combined $17.94 billion -- led by a French soccer team whose players get an average of $9.4 million each.