NBA

NBA referees are responsible for the official games that has been played all 30 teams in season . NBA referees have a fulltime job with each team playing 82 games during a regular season . The referee must be perfect and physically fit and can run along with players to check the foul’s , game-play and match rules . They have a tough duty during the game and they have to take some serious action and made some tough changes . But did you know how much they paid for the game or their yearly earnings from the NBA sports.

Category	Per Match (Fee)	Annual Earnings
Entry-Level Referees	$1000 – $2000	$200,000
Senior Referees	$3,000 – $4,000	$550,000
WNBA Referees	$500	$19,000

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Senior Referees : Annual Earnings ($600,000) :
Senior Referees are well known for their fair decision and they followed and known with each rule of NBA and have experienced of big matches . There salaries were estimated $550,000 during 2009 which might have increased from that period of time . They received this salary budget on their experienced level as Official in NBA. The expected per match fee of the Senior Referees is $3,500 which is increased when there is big rivalry game between two NBA teams.

Entry-Level Referees : Annual Earnings ($200,000) :
The young referee’s who were participating in the NBA league almost get the $1,500 per game for their services, they have this low salary because of lack of experience , with past of time their salaries were increased as they become the experienced member of the NBA Officials .

WNBA Referees : Annual Earnings ($180,000) :
The women nba referee can make $500 from per game and they can earn upto $19,000 during a whole year because they work as a part time in WNBA . There is one more reason of lower salaries of WNBA referee is that there are 10 teams and they played 34 regular season games .

Michael Jorden Net Worth – $260 million 

2012-13 Earnings: $80 M (Forbes)
Salary/Winning/Bonuses – none
Endorsements Earning: $80 M
Mahor Brands: Nike, Gatorade, Hanes, Upper Deck, 2K Sports
Sport: NBA (retired), Business
Age: 50

The greatest baskeball player to have played in NBA, Michael Jordan is more than a special player he is a brand and “Brand Jordan” still racks up around $80 Million a year according to Forbes through his many Endorsements and business ventures, relating sports good manufacturing. So Lets take a look back at his career and see how much he made inside the ring and how much of his $500 million net worth came from outside the ring.
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Michael Jordan’s Career Salary:

Year (NBA Season)	Salary ($)
1985 – Chicago	$550,000
1986  – Chicago	$550,000
1987 – Chicago	$737,500
1988 – Chicago	$845,000
1989 – Chicago	$2.0 Million
1990 – Chicago	$2.2 Million
1991 – Chicago	$2.5 Million
1992	$3.2 Million
1993- Chicago	$4 Million
1994 – Chicago	$4 Million
1995 – Chicago	$3.8 Million
1996 – Chicago	$3.8 Million
1997 – Chicago	$30 Million
1998 – Chicago	$33 Million
1999 – Washington	$1 Million
2000 – Washington	$1 Million
Total Career Earnings	$93 Million

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Michael Jordan Brand & Nike

Jordan signed up a endorsmenet deal with Nike back in 1984 when he was drafted in the NBA for the first time, the first contract was worth around $500,00 a year but since than Michael Jordan has never looked back on his on field performances, and now He owns the majority in Nike’s Air Jordan Shoes brand. WHich nets him huge pay days every year.

He retired back in 2001 but still 10 years after his retirement he racks up more money than any other sports athleted active today.

According to Forbes his ventures with various brands earned him more than $80 Million and thats $2 Million more than current no1. active athlete Tiger Woods.