The next step involves the primary consumers, animals that eat only plants. In a grassland ecosystem this includes animals such as California Bighorn Sheep, Mule Deer, Elk, marmots, Pocket Gopher and mice. At step three are the secondary consumers, also called predators; these animals eat primary consumers.
The average salary among the top 100 players in MLB is $4.5 million more than the average for the NBA ($11.9 million) and nearly twice as much as the NFL ($8.9 million).However, things are a little trickier in the NFL as this does not include signing bonuses which are a large component of what the top players are paid.ollow Business Insider: The top 100 Major League Baseball players will make an average salary of $16.4 million during the 2015 season led by Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw who will make $30.0 million in the second year of his 7-year, $215 million contract.
Pay for most jobs, however, isn't based on the inherent danger, otherwise loggers and fishermen would be cleaning up. The average NFL salary in 2013 was $2 million, according to Forbes, with the 2014 veteran minimum at $420,000. The rookie wage scale was introduced as one way to spread the wealth more to established veteran players. The biggest reason NFL average salaries are lower than other sports is that the pie is cut so many more ways.