QUOTE (Jack Sparrow @ Apr 25 2011, 07:36 AM)

Don't think so. The IPL is a different tournament all together. Different salary. The captain of the Indian team for instance is making 10 million a year all added up.
Well according to ESPN in the same magazine as this, they have how much the top earner per country makes. For India it's MS Dhoni at $1.8m per year. It also says "IPL figures pro rata from weekly pay".
QUOTE (Rossoneri7 @ Apr 25 2011, 08:15 AM)

Funny I always thought MLB and NBA had the highest salaries out of all sports, this proves otherwise.
Same, very susprirsed to see 5 football teams in the top 10, including the top 2.
QUOTE (Jack Sparrow @ Apr 25 2011, 10:46 AM)

I think..because the press publishes NBA and MLB salaries as salary for the whole contract.
So while a 50 million salary for 7 years might sound big. It's no bigger than what the second string superstars of a top football club will earn. For eg. a pirlo or a essien.
I'm not so sure, 50m over 7 years is still 135k a week which is still alot for a footballer. I think it's evened out by some very small contracts on players who don't play regularly or play positions that don't demand alot of money.