03-25-2019, 10:04 PM
(03-25-2019, 09:47 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Yep, couldn't agree more. Just so that you know, the rookie minimum this year is just under half a million..
http://www.spotrac.com/blog/nfl-minimum-salaries-for-2018/
Meaning that a guy that can just "make a roster" and hang on for 3 or 4 years will make more money in that brief window, than most blue collar guys will in 20-30 years.
Don't forget that if they spend 3 years in the NFL (a "year" only requires them to be on the roster for three games that season) they get a pension, too (which at minimum is $21,360/yr and apparently averages ~$43,000/yr).
Also a 401k, health coverage, medicare supplement once they are old enough for that, and a bunch of other stuff.
It's not like they are victims.
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