Guy Fieri would be one of the highest paid athletes in the NFL, NBA or MLB
These 17 athletes need to call their agents.
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That said, it’s beyond hilarious that Fieri’s $26.7M per year makes him higher paid than some of the biggest players in the sports world. I’m mentioning this not to shame the incredible athletic ability of these players, but rather as a bargaining chip in negotiations so they can tell a team “you gotta pay me more than Guy Fieri.”
For the purposes of this we’re going to put in a few provisions. Firstly, the player needs to have appeared in one All Star game, or equivalent — at a skill position in the case of the NFL, because defensive players tend to be underpaid. Also, we’re going to focus solely on NFL, MLB and NBA here — just because the money needs to be in the same ballpark. Finally I’m looking at overall contract value as a comparison, not veterans who gave their teams a one-year salary break before it skyrockets.