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Wrestlers take a lot of punishment inside – and sometimes outside – of the ring. How much do they make for their work?

Charlie Whitehurst has not played much over the course of his ten year career, but he has been able to do something most guys would love to do: get paid $17.4 million just to be on an NFL roster.

After guiding the team to a 26-21 record over the course of almost three seasons, the Philadelphia Eagles have decided to let Chip Kelly go. However, life is still pretty good for Kelly. The Eagles are paying him $13.4 million to essentially go away.

As hard as athletes and other rich people work to make their millions you would think they would want to protect their wealth rather than entrust it to others under the guise of 'financial management.' If they didn't, they wouldn't lose a fortune to an unscrupulous adviser with a thirst for expensive cars.

Life is good for golfer Rory McIlroy. He is one of the best in the world at what he does, has a net worth of $65 million, and he has a book value of over $422 million.

Injuries are a part of football, but unfortunately for the owners, paying players injured or not, is also part of the game. So far this season teams are going to end up paying over $200 million to guys who are not going to play a down.

Zack Greinke recently became even wealthier than he already was by signing a $206.5 million contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks, but he doesn't plan on keeping all of it. He will be donating one percent of his salary to the team's charity.

Controversy and trouble has surrounded Texas A&M in recent weeks, with Kyle Allen and Kyler Murray both transferring, but is it enough for the university to pay Kevin Sumlin $20 million to leave?

Steph Curry continues to set the league on fire. And at his current pace, he's going to set the sponsorship world ablaze, too.

Back in his playing days, Washington Redskins running back Clinton Portis made over $43 million. Fast forward five years after he played his last down, and he is filing for bankruptcy, with close to $5 million in debt.

Oklahoma City Thunder star and former UCLA standout, Russell Westbrook, has made the largest ever donation by a former basketball player to the school for a new state-of-the-art facility.

Winning the Heisman trophy does not always equate to success in the NFL, but it does often mean a major boost in earnings for its winner.

After winning a lawsuit against company for using his name illegally, Michael Jordan decided not to take the money, but instead decided to donate the proceeds (after attorney's fees) to 23 charities in Chicago.

Just like George Foreman did with with his eponymous grills, Shaquille O'Neal just sold the rights to his name and image in perpetuity…

Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov just struck a deal that will make him the sole owner of both the Brooklyn Nets and the team's arena, the Barclays Center.