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Post by OptimusPrime on Sept 19, 2011 16:22:58 GMT -5
Not sure if I would consider them unbiased. And we are getting conflicting information, i assume depending on the positive/negative experience of the player. No source of information is unbiased. You always have to discount it based on your trust. But I would probably discount info from current players and professional agents a lot less that I would discount info from an internet forum. +1 |
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Post by Keystonekid on Sept 19, 2011 17:26:55 GMT -5
Salaries vary based on what league, what division, and what position you play. Top OH's make way more than top MB's. I have several former players playing professionally, Italy, Russia ...... they are making a helluva lot more money then I did when I was 23-24 (hell, theyre making more than I do now) Besides the money, they are living in Europe, travelling expense free, what an amazing opportunity.
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Post by MarsH on Sept 19, 2011 19:37:20 GMT -5
Salaries vary based on what league, what division, and what position you play. Top OH's make way more than top MB's. I have several former players playing professionally, Italy, Russia ...... they are making a helluva lot more money then I did when I was 23-24 (hell, theyre making more than I do now) Besides the money, they are living in Europe, travelling expense free, what an amazing opportunity. Agree about the money-making potential per position. It depends on the quality of the player but generally speaking, OH and OPP make the best money. You have setters and middles next. Libero, not so much. |
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Post by OptimusPrime on Sept 19, 2011 20:16:03 GMT -5
Salaries vary based on what league, what division, and what position you play. Top OH's make way more than top MB's. I have several former players playing professionally, Italy, Russia ...... they are making a helluva lot more money then I did when I was 23-24 (hell, theyre making more than I do now) Besides the money, they are living in Europe, travelling expense free, what an amazing opportunity. Agree about the money-making potential per position. It depends on the quality of the player but generally speaking, OH and OPP make the best money. You have setters and middles next. Libero, not so much. Thank you Marsh. Good to know. Anyone care to throw a few $ numbers my way. Still fishing for a range. |
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Post by mikegarrison on Sept 19, 2011 20:24:02 GMT -5
Agree about the money-making potential per position. It depends on the quality of the player but generally speaking, OH and OPP make the best money. You have setters and middles next. Libero, not so much. Thank you Marsh. Good to know. Anyone care to throw a few $ numbers my way. Still fishing for a range. Most pro sports have a salary distribution which looks something like this:  The range is actually nearly infinite, but what the individual will get is completely dependent on how exceptional she really is. |
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Post by volleyguy on Sept 19, 2011 20:30:24 GMT -5
This question comes up repeatedly, and it's very difficult to give an accurate answer because salaries are dependent on the market at the time. For many years, Italy and Japan had consistently offered lucrative contracts and attracted some of the best players. Now, Russia, Azerbaijan and Turkey have lots of oil money, and have stepped up in class, while the economy has battered the japanese and italian leagues. Brazil's economy is strong, but they have such a strong roster of domestic players that international players don't seem to get the same type of inflated contracts.
As a general rule, the best players make somewhere in the 200k to 400k ranges, with most in the lower to mid part of that range. Ekaterina Gamova has a 1 million dollar a year contract with Kazan, and is by far the highest paid woman in the world. No one else is really close to that. Logan Tom reportedly made in the high 300k to 400k range with Evergrande, but she simply laughs at suggestion... Larson makes less than one fifth of what Gamova makes (150k range). Many club teams offer their players houses as payment in long term contracts (a player will get ownership of an apartment in the fifth year), but that doesn't happen with american players. it is typical for a player to get paid housing (an apartment that may involve roomates, or not, depending), sometimes, use of a car, one or two round trip tickets home during the season, and team meals and travel of course. Negotiable things include air fare for family members, translators/personal assistants (part-time), utilities and/or computers.
Finally, these wages are all taxable in the USA, and may be taxable in the country they were earned, and since it's impossible nowadays for an american to open a swiss account without the IRS being notified, it's not eas to avoid the tax man.
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Post by midnightblue on Sept 19, 2011 20:51:25 GMT -5
This question comes up repeatedly, and it's very difficult to give an accurate answer because salaries are dependent on the market at the time. For many years, Italy and Japan had consistently offered lucrative contracts and attracted some of the best players. Now, Russia, Azerbaijan and Turkey have lots of oil money, and have stepped up in class, while the economy has battered the japanese and italian leagues. Brazil's economy is strong, but they have such a strong roster of domestic players that international players don't seem to get the same type of inflated contracts. As a general rule, the best players make somewhere in the 200k to 400k ranges, with most in the lower to mid part of that range. Ekaterina Gamova has a 1 million dollar a year contract with Kazan, and is by far the highest paid woman in the world. No one else is really close to that. Logan Tom reportedly made in the high 300k to 400k range with Evergrande, but she simply laughs at suggestion... Larson makes less than one fifth of what Gamova makes (150k range). Many club teams offer their players houses as payment in long term contracts (a player will get ownership of an apartment in the fifth year), but that doesn't happen with american players. it is typical for a player to get paid housing (an apartment that may involve roomates, or not, depending), sometimes, use of a car, one or two round trip tickets home during the season, and team meals and travel of course. Negotiable things include air fare for family members, translators/personal assistants (part-time), utilities and/or computers. Finally, these wages are all taxable in the USA, and may be taxable in the country they were earned, and since it's impossible nowadays for an american to open a swiss account without the IRS being notified, it's not eas to avoid the tax man. Gamova's contract is over a period greater than one year though, yes?EDIT: apparently I was mistaken re: Sokolova's contract. |
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Post by Pallavolo on Sept 19, 2011 20:52:30 GMT -5
Logan Tom reportedly made in the high 300k to 400k range with Evergrande, but she simply laughs at suggestion... I can guess why she would laugh. I had heard she got more than that. If I were her, I'd also be laughing all the way to the bank ;D |
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Post by Pallavolo on Sept 19, 2011 20:59:54 GMT -5
Gamova's contract is over a period greater than one year though, yes? Gamova's contract extension is for 2 years. |
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Post by Sbilo on Sept 21, 2011 6:42:23 GMT -5
I am sure Tom will be getting a lot while playing for Fenerbahce! That's a rich club in Turkey.
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