Question about sports and salaries

[Slayer]

While watching today's MLB game and hearing the commentators talk about salaries, a question popped in my head.

 

When pro athletes get paid, do they get checks/direct-deposits bi-weekly or monthly like you and I, or do they get one or two payments a year, or is it just a whole 'nother system entirely?

[lomasmoney]

I think from what i learned from our family friend who briefly played with the New Oreleans Saints. They get paid on a per game/weekly basis but im not sure he played for them when i was like 7

[Dr. Tom]

The last I read, MLB players get paid every other week. That was several years ago, though, and may very well have changed in the interim. I imagine direct deposit is pretty much required, given the amount of money being handed out, but players with especially high salaries might have their pay go directly toward other investments.

[kkktookmybabyaway]

I think from what i learned from our family friend who briefly played with the New Oreleans Saints. They get paid on a per game/weekly basis but im not sure he played for them when i was like 7

Nothing in the off-season? Just curious...

[Guest Gatornibs]

my stepbrother plays for the Norfolk Tides (Triple A for Mets), and briefly for the Mets last year and the Cardinals before. He gets paid every other week