1 Beckham = 50 MLS scrubs
By The Associated Press
The Galaxy's David Beckham still earns 50 times Major League Soccer’s average salary, even with it rising 12 percent this year to $129,395.
At $6.5 million in guaranteed income, Beckham makes twice as much as the second-highest-paid player in the league, Chicago’s Cuauhtemoc Blanco ($2,666,778), according to figures released by the league’s players union.
D.C. United’s Marcelo Gallardo was third at $1,874,006, followed by New York’s Juan Pablo Angel ($1,593,750) and Claudio Reyna ($1,265,000), and the Galaxy’s Landon Donovan ($900,000).
Forty-six players earn the league minimum of $33,000. Among developmental players, 30 make
$17,700 and 43 make $12,900.
The median salary — the point at which an equal amount make above and below — was $61,273 for the 333 players listed. That is up 16 percent from last year’s median of $52,965.
Guaranteed income includes salaries and a prorated share of signing bonuses plus marketing bonuses payable in 2007.
Beckham has a $5.5 million base salary.
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