Beckham ($6.5M) still makes 50 times MLS average, which rose 12 percent (AP)
Published 4/4/2008 at Yahoo! Sports - MLS News
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.
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