How do athletes get paid?

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🗓️ 17 June 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

“Million Bazillion” listener Alistair wants to know how professional athletes get paid. Bridget and Ryan prepare for the semi-annual Public Radio Foosball Tournament, but their star player is drafted to the opposing team. The hosts have to scramble to assemble players for their dream team in time for the big tournament. In this episode, they learn about labor unions, player trades and statistical analysis strategies used in the movie “Moneyball.”

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0:00.0	Hey, bazillionaires. Welcome back to another episode of Million Bazillion, presented in partnership with Greenlight, the debit card and money app for kids. People earn a paycheck in all kinds of ways, but with Greenlight, you can learn what to do with your earnings, how to set savings goals, track earnings and savings, and even invest.
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0:29.3	Hey, look what I pulled out in the marketplace basement.
0:32.3	It's the football table.
0:34.1	Ooh, is it that time of year again for America's favorite pastime, tabletop soccer?
0:39.4	Yeah, and I think this is our year to win the semi-annual public radio football tournament.
0:44.2	We've gotten close before, as you know, but we've never actually won it.
0:47.3	Just play this quick round with me now so we can see if the dowel still turn and if the pieces can still like kick okay.
0:54.2	Some of these gears are all jammed up.
0:58.3	Ha, scored on you.
0:59.9	No fair. These pieces aren't kicking properly.
1:02.5	Might need to replace player 19 and 7.
1:05.7	Sorry, coach. We'll try harder.
1:07.6	Yeah, we're going to learn from this one.
1:09.6	It's okay. You're just a little rusty.
1:11.6	What?
1:12.6	Who said that?
1:13.6	Us, down here on the food table.
1:15.6	We can all talk.
1:16.6	We can all talk.
1:17.6	Welcome to Million Bazillion. I'm Ryan.
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