Your mileage is going to vary on a lot of the Tom Hanks, Disposable Lead of Dopey â80s Comedies, entries, but this one is definitely one of the silliest, dumbest and, amusingly, most eternal: There are movies from this time period that Hanks can hide from now, but this is definitely not one of them.
For example the median expected annual pay for a typical Professional Athlete in the United States is $32,981, so 50% of the people who perform the job of Professional Athlete in the United States are expected to make less than $32,981. Source: HR Reported data as of March 31, 2017. Salary. Salary + Bonus.
Professional sports athletes have seen their salaries explode as revenues have increased. The NFL is the most popular sports league in the United States and players receive 58% of the total revenue collected by the league. During the late '80s, the NFL paid out $2.4 billion to the players in salaries. Today, the players take in just under $5 billion dollars.