Depressed Fan

Let's honor the annual bilking of the American public by our own government by taking a look at the payroll of our favorite teams:

New York Yankees 2007 payroll

1. Alex Rodriguez 27,708,525
2. Jason Giambi 23,428,571
3. Derek Jeter 21,600,000
4. Andy Pettitte 16,000,000
5. Bobby Abreu 15,600,000
6. Johnny Damon 13,000,000
7. Hideki Matsui 13,000,000
8. Jorge Posada 12,000,000
9. Mike Mussina 11,070,423
10. Mariano Rivera 10,500,000
11. Carl Pavano 10,000,000
12. Kyle Farnsworth 5,666,667
13. Kei Igawa 4,000,000
14. Luis Vizcaino 3,000,000
15. Doug Mientkiewicz 1,500,000
16. Mike Myers 1,250,000
17. Miguel Cairo 750,000
18. Josh Phelps 600,000
19. Robinson Cano 490,800
20. Chien-Ming Wang 489,500
21. Scott Proctor 445,923
22. Melky Cabrera 432,400
23. Brian Bruney 395,545
24. Jeff Karstens 389,495
25. Darrell Rasner 384,523
26. Jose Veras 382,475
27. Wil Nieves 382,150
28. Sean Henn 382,048
29. Humberto Sanchez 380,000
Total Team Salary: 195,229,045
League Rank: Numero Uno.
Source: ESPN

Philadelphia 76ers '06-'07 payroll

Chris Webber $17,600,000
Jamal Mashburn $10,850,000
Samuel Dalembert $8,840,000
Andre Miller $8,633,333
Joe Smith $6,807,000
Todd MacCulloch $6,807,000
Aaron McKie $6,500,000
Kyle Korver $4,011,551
Greg Buckner $3,360,000
Kevin Ollie $3,196,050
Steven Hunter $3,024,000
Willie Green $2,800,000
Andre Iguodala $2,201,640
Rodney Carney $1,439,760
Shavlik Randolph $1,000,000
Louis Williams $718,000
Bobby Jones $412,718
Steven Smith $146,744
Louis Amundson $132,987
Alan Henderson $117,835
TOTALS: $88,598,618
League Rank: #3
Source: HoopsHype

Philadelphia Eagles Payroll

1 Darren Howard $7,807,740
2 Brian Westbrook $7,430,770
3 Shawn Andrews $4,922,930
4 Jon Runyan $4,701,210
5 Jeremiah Trotter $4,666,650
6 Donovan McNabb $4,001,210
7 Takeo Spikes $3,600,000
8 David Akers $3,374,701
9 Mike Patterson $3,250,000
10 Jevon Kearse $3,015,000
11 William Thomas $3,000,000
12 Montae Reagor $2,850,000
13 Kelly Holcomb $2,669,510
14 Reggie Brown $2,198,500
15 Dhani Jones $1,572,750
16 A.J. Feeley $1,545,000
17 Matt McCoy $1,480,000
18 Brian Dawkins $1,346,210
19 Ryan Moats $938,000
20 William James $900,000
21 Correll Buckhalter $802,200
22 Mike Bartrum $766,650
23 Sean Considine $714,000
24 Koy Detmer $692,310
25 Ed Jasper $690,000
26 Dustin Fox $669,500
27 Paul Grasmanis $665,770
28 Todd Herremans $633,000
29 Darnerien McCants $545,000
30 Juqua Thomas $540,000
31 Lito Sheppard $532,980
32 Sheldon Brown $463,300
33 Matt Schobel $459,840
34 Bethel Johnson $414,180
35 Trent Cole $403,000
36 Kevin Curtis $385,280
37 Reno Mahe $384,620
38 Quintin Mikell $383,630
40 Greg Lewis $382,090
41 Sam Rayburn $381,870
42 Dirk Johnson $381,650
43 Chad Lewis $312,941
44 Jason Short $236,239
45 Jon Dorenbos $223,529
46 Justin Ena $187,353
47 Jamaal Jackson $137,006
48 Nick Murphy $107,647
49 Dedrick Roper $94,706
Total: $78,242,782
League rank: 20th
Source: Fox Sports