Quick Parsing of Crew Salaries
By: Jeff | May 4th, 2007As damn near everyone knows by now, the Major League Soccer players’ union released the salaries of every player in MLS - and I feel dirtier by degrees with each passing minute I dig around this stuff.
Apparently, I have a tolerance for muck because I managed to pull together a team-by-team assessment of the best bargain and the biggest bust on each MLS team’s roster. Those curious as to how I rated the rest of the league can bop over to the entry on my site and have at it. But, for the purposes of this space, I’ll only copy/paste the passage on the Columbus Crew:
Columbus Crew
Bargain: Given his year so far, Ned Grabavoy, who’s pulling down a spare $52,550.25 guaranteed (why the quarter?).
Bust: And given his year so far - actually his entire stint with Columbus, you gotta wonder if Eddie Gaven is worth a $188,000 hit to the salary cap.
Overview: The Crew is the first team that seems a bit out of whack, but, to cut them some slack, injuries have seriously complicated some signings’ potential. (NOTE: Having looked at a few of the more egregious examples, the Crew err on the side of generosity.)
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Hey, Becks is pulling down. $5,500,000.08. Because those eight cents would have been a total dealbreaker.
Galaxy has a rookie who’s played every single minute of every game so far and is making $17,700. Talk about a bargain.
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Just visited your site and see that you mentioned Ty as a bargain.
In Santino Quaranta’s defense, he’s been out so far this year with an achilles tendon injury. This is the week we start to get to see if he’s a bargain or a bust.
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Nice tip on Santino. He’s another one who can turn it around; don’t think I mentioned that, but you’re right.
Holy crap I hate Bob Kraft.
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Fascinating to read. Thanks for taking the time to break it all down.
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