what does a nfl football player make?
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The minimum annual salary for a rookie active roster player with a one-year contract is $480,000, according to the collective bargaining agreement the NFL signed in 2011 with the NFL Players Association, which will be in effect until 2020. That minimum increases for each year a player spends in the NFL.
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Here's the breakdown of the pay scale for the 2020 Super Bowl and NFL Playoffs: Players on the Super Bowl championship team will make $124,000. Players on the losing Super Bowl team will earn $62,000. In the AFC and NFC conference championship games, all players earned $56,000.
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According to Stack.com, NFL waterboys make $53,000 on average. They also get lots of free gear, souvenirs from players (from jerseys to jockstraps), and access to the team that most fans only dream of. This is a good salary for anyone, but the figure does come with a catch.
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['Quarterback: Russell Wilson — $35 million. ... ', 'Running back: Ezekiel Elliott — $15 millionn. ... ', 'Wide receiver: Julio Jones — $22 million. ... ', 'Tight end: Jimmy Graham — $10 million. ... ', 'Fullback: Kyle Juszczyk — $5.2 million. ... ', 'Offensive tackle: Trent Brown — $16.5 million.']
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Years ago, the player would be charged $100 for keeping a football or throwing it/giving it to someone in the stands. That charge may have doubled to $200 by now. Is the average NFL player able to live off the money made playing the rest of their lives?
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70 NFL players now make at least $15 million a season in average annual salary, according to overthecap.com, a site that tracks NFL player contracts. The highest paid player in the league is currently Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson. He makes $35 million in average annual salary per year.
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Everyone gets paid How much depends on how popular the star is. According to Us Weekly, certain players can make around $80,000 for the season. Less popular veterans make around $3,000 to $5,000 per week that they survive on the show and rookies can make about $1,000 a week.
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You might want to sit down before reading this: the average salary of an NFL waterboy is a whopping $53,000 a year, according to Stack.com. Some are unpaid or work as stipend interns, per reference.com.
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The winners of the Super Bowl will earn $118,000 per player, per Emily Caron of Sports Illustrated. That includes active players, inactive players and players on injured reserve. The losers will earn $59,000 per player. Those players will have earned quite a bit more during the postseason.
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As of July 2013, the Arena Football League's collective bargaining agreement stated that players would be paid $830 per game, which amounts to a salary of $14,940 over an 18-game season. The season covers a span of four months, which forces most players to find employment elsewhere during the offseason.
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The XFL will pay its players an average salary of $55,000, according to a report from Pro Football Talk.
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NFL players on active rosters are paid salaries only during the 17 weeks of the regular season. If a practice player had lasted an entire season, their salary was $122,400. Once the playoffs begin, players on participating teams all earn the same amount.
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That minimum increases for each year a player spends in the NFL. A player with three years' experience would command a salary equal to at least $705,000, while players with seven to nine years on the field must be paid at least $915,000.
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But how much does the average Premier League football player earn? According to the PFA (Professional Footballers' Association) the average salary of a Premier League football player is about £50,000 per week. This average is high partially due to that some of the top players earn up to £350,000!
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In the case of the group at the bar, the median salary is $50,000. The median salary for all NFL players is $860,000. Not a shabby income, but still far below the $2 million that gets more publicity. For perspective, a starting one-year rookie has a minimum income of $435,000.
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We don't know who play in the Alliance of American Football yet, but now we know how much they'll make and potentially where they'll play. According to a report from ESPN's Darren Rovell, AAF players will have 3-year, non-guaranteed contracts for $250,000, which is an average of $83,333 annually.
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The minimum annual salary for a rookie active roster player with a one-year contract is $480,000, according to the collective bargaining agreement the NFL signed in 2011 with the NFL Players Association, which will be in effect until 2020.