[partyman66]

It's crazy how much pro athetes make.... even shitty ones.

I think Hockey is the lowest of the 4 major sports in terms of salary. They had a really low minimum salary up until 2004, of $180K per year.. but I think it jumped up to like $400K for '06.

Even still.... 180K per year is a ton of money, but then again.. these guys are traveling almost nonstop for 7 or 8 months of the year, playing on major holidays and weekends and also risking injury due to the size and speed of the players they are playing against.

I guess making that much money is somewhat important to ensuring that the NHL, NBA, MLB and NFL are able to get the best players that there are out there in the U.S(and even sometimes foreign countries), otherwise people might seek more lucrative jobs.