2 million over 4 years before tax is still hundreds of thousands per year after tax. Average salary in America is 50,000 dollars per year. I'll be me irrelevant anyday.
8,000$ a week to play on the practice team!! That's a pretty good salary for 16 weeks (128,000$) Edit: There's actually 17 weeks (I forgot the "bye" week)
Appreciate how CNBC is producing videos that are relative to current events. Even I didn't know Baker Mayfield was getting paid $8million a year by being the first pick out of last year's draft. Sucks for Josh Rosen. To the team at CNBC, keep up the good work. I look forward to watching your daily content.
Josh Rosen has 4.4 million guaranteed per year which is nothing to sneeze at. He also threw only 11 touchdowns vs 27 for baker mayfield. And 100 less yards per game.
It's just a matter of time before Lamar Jackson gets seriously injured. Once he loses his ability to run we'll see who turns out to be the better pick.
Not to mention if you break your neck or get paralyzed.. no health insurance since you're not "on the team" and you can't walk or work the rest of your life. I've known people in that situation so it's not as easy as you think
When people see those numbers, they don't factor in that the money isn't guaranteed, agents get their cut, and they have big taxes that come out. Until you're a big name player, you're really only getting around 150k without endorsements. It's good money but they aren't rich.
People make a huge deal about how much players are paid but if you cut every players salary to 100k a year, the NFL would not reduce ticket prices, jersey prices or TV contract demands. The owners would just get more money.
I would love to be on a practice squad for a season.....but I'm sure it's tough for practice squad players seeing that some teammates game check is more that their entire salary.
It is a pretty huge pay difference between talent tiers but at the same time those guys still make about as much or more per year than most STEM field majors in their first few years. I mean in the start of the video it compared 1st overall pick to the 256th overall pick and assuming those numbers are correct, the 256th pick makes about 2.5 mill per year. Assuming they are taxed 50% of that total, they would still make roughly 312 k per year in that 4 year period. Most STEM majors make maybe 100 k per year (before taxes) in their first 4 years with a bachelor's and most don't make 200 k (before taxes) without a master's. I mean... we're paying entertainers and sportsman more than people who actually change the world for the better.
You have assumed they got what wanted. You don't know if this is true. Actually I know its FALSE. The players union caved because the "scrubs" or the people who were paid the least needed another paycheck and they weren't will to hold out any further. So the the P's union settled for easier practices, less practices, more class room time, and less amount of camps.
I thought there was a major disparity between the 1st round rookies (who are getting outrageous signing bonuses w/o proving themselves) and 2-3 year players who weren't given a chance for those outrageous signing bonuses. JaMarcus Russell and Ryan Leaf are prime examples. Now teams don't have to shell out large amounts for unproven talent and 2-3 year players get a bump up in pay.
Dont be fooled, a lot of them can get cut anytime unless they have a guarantee and most of them have agents to pay and very bad with their money. Like they share their money and live luxuriously, that's why most become broke after 1 contract, they also might not even get resigned.
The players bent over in my opinion in 11. I agree with both what the players want and what the owners ant, my issue is that the owners don't have any "stake" in their teams, states and tax dollars pay for new stadiums, the players break themselves for this job and they should take in more of the income.
Shows how good they are at picking players. Mayfield struggling to find a team and Jackson still regarded pretty highly. Neither cemented as stars just yet
That’s crazy man not everyone can make it, thankfully there are other pro leagues and other opportunities out there to help people get foot in the door and possibly get a shot at the top.
New cba in NFL pays less than before, but endorsements on average pay more endorsements than before. Kyler Murray will hold out using his contract offers from the Oakland athletics as leverage.
As a general rule I don't care about millionaires & billionaires haggling about money but I do think that the players deserve more than they get now. It's the most popular U.S. sport, the most profitable U.S. sport, the most "dangerous" sport. They should be as well compensated as the NBA or MLB. Better & more guaranteed money. And I'd like to clarify that I know football isn't the most dangerous sport, I just meant in terms of the 4 major sports.
Fun fact : Roger Goodell makes $40 millions / year as commissioner starting from 2018 - 2023. He has earned $212.5 millions since 2006. He also receives insurance for him and his family for life time. Oh also a use of private jet. Fair , isn't it !?!
To the people saying the “small contracts” are still a lot of money: First of all, you’re right, they are. Second of all, and more importantly, you have to remember that most of these players won’t make it to a second contract, much less a massive star contract, so they’ll only be making this much money for a few years before they’ll have to get a different job once they’re out of the league
They are still a lot of money but a lot of them won't make it to the second contract like you said and they have to get a regular job only maybe 8% of the NFL gets big contracts
I don’t get why some are saying that it’s too low, if you get the 2.5 Million contract that is pretty good. I’m not sure how much the taxes come out to but I’m sure after all their expenses related to nfl related expenses and taxes they are still going to be making at least 150k per years which is more than almost any other job someone can get at 21. Unless they are out of college and get straight into a well paying job but even then very few are going to make 150k straight away after taxes.
Facts the thing is that a lot of them go broke because they don't manage their money well 2.5 million dollars it's a good start if they want more money they just got to work harder
Daniel DeLarosa I think you misunderstand the issue, the players association wants those contracts to be less, because when players are drafted & they don't perform at the level they were expected to, that lowers the available money that everyone else on the team can make because of the salary cap.
@@tez_foe4382 theres plenty of them too. My point is theres more productive players in the 1st than the 6th. Brady n Brown are rare 6th rounders that became great.
Dangerman Dubz the number is a bit misleading because most of those guys were never planning on becoming free agents anyway. Most of them are in division 2 and 3 three schools which almost never have guys even try out for positions in the league. Even division one players have a low chance of getting into the league. Most guys become coaches in some capacity at the highschool or college level and most just move on with their lives.
You see in rugby we make it available at all levels. There's Super Rugby ( top league like NFL ) but those teams represent their provinces or states internationally. Those same teams still play in the Currie Cup ( the local league ). We then have the Pirates Grand Challenge which is the senior amateur league that literally ANYONE can join after the agebof 21. Then the age groups U21, U19, U16 but at this point your kid can be playing at school of they don't want to play at club level and goes all the way down to Under 6's. That gives the sport a lot of depth, talent can be sourced damn near anywhere. You guys could benefit from having things like that. Onbthe other hand that draft system you guys got going on would be absolutely monumental of we implemented it in rugby. Your sport is awesome though!!!
Dangerman Dubz The thing with the football and the US is we don’t really have trouble at all sourcing talent. We already have all those other levels in our own way. Like anyone can join the NFL, the draft is just a way for teams to specifically get you after college. If you don’t get drafted you can just become a free agent and sign with a team that way.
Bro this was so confusing for me because I live in Australia and out main sport is 'AFL' which stands for 'Australian Football League' when I heard AFL and NFL merged. I got confused
NFL Players Contracts: Okay so you can have uh 9 million, for 6 years, and 1 million signing bonus MLB Players Contracts: Okay here’s 100 Million for 8 years and 20 million Bonus Now I’m not dissing BaseBall players, and the sport BUT SERIOUSLY. NFL players risk their bodies every time they play, while Baseball is also (sorta, kinda?) a physical sport just have to hit, run, and catch, and get paid millions every game. NOW I understand Baseball is more of a National sport, unlike Football so that’s how it’s make more money, but still it’s kinda B.S.
Also, immediately after the draft is over teams can contact any undrafted players they want. Those players will make upwards of only $40k per year if signed.
No professional athlete's pay should've ever been able to exceed $1 million/year. They're playing a seasonal GAME and fame and sponsorship is also part of the deal. Some like to argue that the talent wouldn't be the same but if they never made more than $1 million and had to compare that to the average $48k/year for a business major (most common degree), they would've GLADLY gone to the NFL. They might have only started at $200k/year but that's huge to play their loved sport. Money has ruined most everything.
2.5M in 4 years is still more than my whole family makes in 7 years
Shifting Effects that’s 350,000 a year, a lot of money
yeah but is the $2.5m worth a chance of getting CTE?
Alen 410 lol
@@jonathansibille2438 2.5/4 you OK?
@@jonathansibille2438 625 thousand actually
Don’t know where this all came from but CNBC has been producing decent videos lately. Keep it up 👍🏼
Their stealing Vox's video layout
Iron Man dies
true that, I actually watch them now.
Lbolting005 then why are u liking gun videos and Pewdiepie and all that crap.
@John you fake news Donald Trump
I wouldn’t mind being the last pick in the entire draft and getting $2 million 👀💵💯
$2 Million [Gross]
You won't get the entire amount
Don’t forget Uncle Sam
2 million over 4 years before tax is still hundreds of thousands per year after tax. Average salary in America is 50,000 dollars per year. I'll be me irrelevant anyday.
@@MikeG-nz8gt average American salary is more like 27000
8,000$ a week to play on the practice team!! That's a pretty good salary for 16 weeks (128,000$)
Edit: There's actually 17 weeks (I forgot the "bye" week)
Antoine Gagnon-Lamarche after paying your attorney and agent fee, it’s not that much but it’s better than most regular 9 to z5 workery
@@thetruthsayer8347 You have to remember that that $128k is only for 16 weeks, most regular jobs are 52 weeks.
Yeah they probably get beat up a lot because they are less good than the real players, but you still get 128,000$ for 16 weeks 😅
@Ross Martinez If you like football but are not at the NFL level, it's a pretty cool thing!
It's actually 17 weeks
Appreciate how CNBC is producing videos that are relative to current events. Even I didn't know Baker Mayfield was getting paid $8million a year by being the first pick out of last year's draft. Sucks for Josh Rosen.
To the team at CNBC, keep up the good work. I look forward to watching your daily content.
Josh Rosen has 4.4 million guaranteed per year which is nothing to sneeze at. He also threw only 11 touchdowns vs 27 for baker mayfield. And 100 less yards per game.
Alchemica Blackwood- the highest paid player in the NFL is Russell Wilson.
Alchemica Blackwood you need to re-check your vocabulary
I would love to be paid $8000 per week
Top contracts in 2018:
1. 32.7M
2. 31.2M
3. 30.2M
4. 29.2M
5. 27.3M
Video done. You're welcome
I hate the name ‘Mr Irrelevant’
You’re just bullying them
Well they barely made it, so maybe use It as motivation and show them whose really irrelevant
Is rookie treatment bullying too?
@@leathersosoft2798 pecking order...right of passage...earn your place. Rookie/apprentice/noob treatment relates to most aspects in life.
Frosty They’re grown men. I think they will be fine
Grow up. “You’re bullying them”. They’re grown men, snowflake.
Practice squad people make 136,000 in 17 weeks and they get more if ur team make it to the playoffs
But taxes especially in sports with agents mean you could go get a regular job without the CTE
They're also the next man up if someone gets hurt. So being on a practice squad is better than sitting on the couch
“The money behind the...”
Applies to anything/everything.
"Follow the money" applies to literally every investigation
Can't imagine the Browns looking back on the '18 Draft and thinking, we could have had Lamar Jackson....TWICE
Dumb ass organization, and I'm a long time disgusted browns fan......Lamar was my pick. Imagine Lamar, chubb and Hunt in the same backfield......
He’s flourished having RG3 with him I believe that’s how his throwing improved so dramatically
@@matthewblue6243 RG# is a terrible passer.
Subotai I’m saying Lamar’s passing has improved and having RG3 there has helped it and yes RG3 makes some questionable passes😂
It's just a matter of time before Lamar Jackson gets seriously injured. Once he loses his ability to run we'll see who turns out to be the better pick.
Thank you CNBC for enhancing my knowledge every day
Oh no making 100,000+ a year to not play a single game and only practice?!?!? Oh wah that’s like pennies you are basically going bankrupt! Oh no
If you're not playing a single game than you must not be good enough and the staff could cut you because you're taking up space
100k is low for the NFL
Isn’t league minimum higher than 100k
Not to mention if you break your neck or get paralyzed.. no health insurance since you're not "on the team" and you can't walk or work the rest of your life. I've known people in that situation so it's not as easy as you think
Corey Clement, Phillip Lindsay are examples of why the NFL should allow more money to be given to their players.
Yeh mane the teams control that.
4 years later and this couldn’t be more wrong lol
So ur telling me the Eagles could’ve had Lamar Jackson?!?!!
bLitz 100 H y’all got Carson Wentz, stop complaining
There were 31 teams that could’ve gotten Lamar Jackson but didn’t, so all things considered, the eagles didn’t get it too bad
Good thing they didn’t
@@pszych2445 yikes
@@marvinl523 yikes indeed
When people see those numbers, they don't factor in that the money isn't guaranteed, agents get their cut, and they have big taxes that come out. Until you're a big name player, you're really only getting around 150k without endorsements. It's good money but they aren't rich.
People make a huge deal about how much players are paid but if you cut every players salary to 100k a year, the NFL would not reduce ticket prices, jersey prices or TV contract demands. The owners would just get more money.
So imagine you’re a QB the best out of all but the team that got the first draft doesn’t need a QB... then what? He’ll miss millions too...
See DeShaun Watson and Patrick Mahomes.
@Mr. POPO nah not true I’m late but most QB get really good contracts after they their 4th year mahomes just signed a 500million contract
if they dont need a QB then they won't pick you
Next CNBC video:
Narrator: How much do NCAA players make?
Audience:
Narrator: Nothing lmao
** the end**
"A total of 81 total" really bothered me
I would love to be on a practice squad for a season.....but I'm sure it's tough for practice squad players seeing that some teammates game check is more that their entire salary.
Great explaining how the nfl draft works and what college football players have to go through to get drafted by the nfl.
billy norman - Everybody wanna be great.... but everybody don’t wanna put in the work
Yup hopefully they change how they be doing these RBs with the new contract.
RB contracts have definitely gone backwards, it's sad
Practice squad players make $8K per week? Sheesh
Doge so can anybody else doing a 9-5 job
@Doge no practice squad cut has ever been cut during the season unless he breaks the rules. Like getting popped for PED's or Weed
@Doge all risk, no reward lol
Damn so only the top 2%can make it to the NFL
Somebody get Bernie now!
Pretty sure that is all divisions In college not just d1
Omar Maldonado Bernie would not approve.
Rowdy Jr. Bernie Kosar. Former Browns qb
Rowdy Jr.
Mac
Wow. So informative. Thank you guys.
This was very clear and detailed.
Damn Jamarcus Russell made bank😂😂😂
Like a thief in the night
Y'all remember rookie contracts before the cap 👀 Sam Bradford 😂
Yup NO QB has made More Money for Less production. NOBODY
very well done, very comprehensive in scope and detail. Looking forward to a followup when the new CBA is on the table.
I love these videos. Keep it up
The NFL draft... Teams selecting top players from around the country... And Jamarcus Russell
Ryan Tannehill - Enjoy your practice squad paychecks!
Practice Squad Players - Okay!
If they want to strike, they should ask the MLB how that went for both sides.
Finally, a good video from your channel
It is a pretty huge pay difference between talent tiers but at the same time those guys still make about as much or more per year than most STEM field majors in their first few years. I mean in the start of the video it compared 1st overall pick to the 256th overall pick and assuming those numbers are correct, the 256th pick makes about 2.5 mill per year. Assuming they are taxed 50% of that total, they would still make roughly 312 k per year in that 4 year period. Most STEM majors make maybe 100 k per year (before taxes) in their first 4 years with a bachelor's and most don't make 200 k (before taxes) without a master's. I mean... we're paying entertainers and sportsman more than people who actually change the world for the better.
This video was very interesting. I learned a lot of stuff about the NFL draft that I didn’t know before, Thanks!!
You have assumed they got what wanted. You don't know if this is true. Actually I know its FALSE. The players union caved because the "scrubs" or the people who were paid the least needed another paycheck and they weren't will to hold out any further. So the the P's union settled for easier practices, less practices, more class room time, and less amount of camps.
Their called Scabs, and they deserve a lead pipe in the face
I thought there was a major disparity between the 1st round rookies (who are getting outrageous signing bonuses w/o proving themselves) and 2-3 year players who weren't given a chance for those outrageous signing bonuses. JaMarcus Russell and Ryan Leaf are prime examples. Now teams don't have to shell out large amounts for unproven talent and 2-3 year players get a bump up in pay.
Gonna be the same with this new CBA
Let's just say they make more than 90% of Americans.
Dont be fooled, a lot of them can get cut anytime unless they have a guarantee and most of them have agents to pay and very bad with their money. Like they share their money and live luxuriously, that's why most become broke after 1 contract, they also might not even get resigned.
Mikkle Chua don’t forget about the medical bills they will have to pay
Wow CNBC video that actually is informative. 👍
With the frequency of injuries the high rate of player turnovers in the sport I'm surprised the NFL draft only has 7 rounds instead of at least 10.
Not enough roster spots. Most low draft picks get cut and bounce around the league
CNBC keep coming with these fire videos!! Please do one on AI and Business and one on Grubhub, Uber Estes! Also love the love for Trub!
Yo CNBC great work with these videos my new favorite channel!!
The players bent over in my opinion in 11. I agree with both what the players want and what the owners ant, my issue is that the owners don't have any "stake" in their teams, states and tax dollars pay for new stadiums, the players break themselves for this job and they should take in more of the income.
This was gold
Shows how good they are at picking players. Mayfield struggling to find a team and Jackson still regarded pretty highly. Neither cemented as stars just yet
That’s crazy man not everyone can make it, thankfully there are other pro leagues and other opportunities out there to help people get foot in the door and possibly get a shot at the top.
Not as much as baseball players, looking at you Kyler
Banks got 16 trillion and QE for too big to fail
New cba in NFL pays less than before, but endorsements on average pay more endorsements than before. Kyler Murray will hold out using his contract offers from the Oakland athletics as leverage.
I don't care I'll take 2.5 mill
It’s funny the number 1 pick is only a fraction of top baseball contracts
Maybe NFL needs to set a cap for the QBs. 40M is too much for a QB.
“Just under 10 million dollars” like that isn’t life changing money
Great video
You are asking the wrong question. It's not how much money they make which matters. It's how much they KEEP.
I bet this guy that is commentating in the guy that wrote this do not work for CNBC because it's actually a good piece. 😂😂
As a general rule I don't care about millionaires & billionaires haggling about money but I do think that the players deserve more than they get now.
It's the most popular U.S. sport, the most profitable U.S. sport, the most "dangerous" sport. They should be as well compensated as the NBA or MLB.
Better & more guaranteed money.
And I'd like to clarify that I know football isn't the most dangerous sport, I just meant in terms of the 4 major sports.
Fun fact : Roger Goodell makes $40 millions / year as commissioner starting from 2018 - 2023. He has earned $212.5 millions since 2006. He also receives insurance for him and his family for life time. Oh also a use of private jet. Fair , isn't it !?!
Detroit has been burned the most on first round picks. Decades of them.
😔
To the people saying the “small contracts” are still a lot of money: First of all, you’re right, they are. Second of all, and more importantly, you have to remember that most of these players won’t make it to a second contract, much less a massive star contract, so they’ll only be making this much money for a few years before they’ll have to get a different job once they’re out of the league
They are still a lot of money but a lot of them won't make it to the second contract like you said and they have to get a regular job only maybe 8% of the NFL gets big contracts
$8000 a week just to practice
There no limit on how much you can make on the practice squad
I don’t get why some are saying that it’s too low, if you get the 2.5 Million contract that is pretty good. I’m not sure how much the taxes come out to but I’m sure after all their expenses related to nfl related expenses and taxes they are still going to be making at least 150k per years which is more than almost any other job someone can get at 21. Unless they are out of college and get straight into a well paying job but even then very few are going to make 150k straight away after taxes.
Facts the thing is that a lot of them go broke because they don't manage their money well 2.5 million dollars it's a good start if they want more money they just got to work harder
So if you were picked last pic the 50th pick how much money would you get
I’m getting there by all means necessary
why count other people's pockets??
"non competitive sporting events" no sir... it is absolutely competitive lol.
lmao players like kris middleton make the highest contract in a year
KBrGaming and now the NBA salary cap may decrease by 15% lol
Marilyn Monroe still more
I'll gladly take any of those salaries
Nfl - *gives rookies ten million dollars
Players association - “this is bs”
Daniel DeLarosa I think you misunderstand the issue, the players association wants those contracts to be less, because when players are drafted & they don't perform at the level they were expected to, that lowers the available money that everyone else on the team can make because of the salary cap.
Even practice squad is great. You just work out and get 8K a week
1:13 Please tell me how $2.5 million is “less than a fraction” of $32.7 million. Or did you fire all your editors?
Ummm.....2.5 million over 4 years is approximately 625k a year, which is almost 3 times what an anesthesiologist makes. Who's complaining?
the time they invested in the sport being worth that much after years of work..also uncle sam gets involved with their 625K a year.
If the medical industry was played on TV and people bought tickets to see live operations they'll probably have more money to give their doctors
1st round is the most important round,
Tom Brady left the chat.
It is. There's way more players in the 1st that are productive than in the 6th...
@@thisistheend1918 , what about Tha 1st rounders who 'dont' live up to Tha hype ?
@@tez_foe4382 theres plenty of them too. My point is theres more productive players in the 1st than the 6th. Brady n Brown are rare 6th rounders that became great.
@@thisistheend1918 , What About 'Kam Chancellor, Marques Colston, Etc.' ?
Are you a south carolina gamecocks fan?
I wish I could make "only" $10 million.
More than a sitting at a desk
I’d rather sit at a desk and not damage my brain.
Warriors fan 303569 Dub nation oh you will don't worry
tommy d u b b s explain how
Josh Rosen got traded lol
Raymond Liu he might do better on the Dolphins now
Isaac Annan Jr 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
im gonna get drafted soon.. y’all remember this name and comment i will come back.
Good luck 👍
B. Henny thanks bruh
@@uzzle21 U play in college? I wanna get drafted one day too
What college you play for?
Anything is possible!!
Who's watching this after the 2021 draft?
THE ONLY REASON THAT THE DRAFT HAD MORE THAN BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS IS YOU HAVE TO PAY TO WATCH IT
Irrelevant
Do this for NBA too.
That’s not fair everyone should get paid league min
Do you guys have a second & third league in terms of the NFL? Or do you have 50+ men rosters all competing for positions?
Dangerman Dubz it’s just the nfl. And the 53 guys are all already on the team.
But if only 1.6% of 16 000 makes it to the league then what happens to the free agents considering there are so many???
Dangerman Dubz the number is a bit misleading because most of those guys were never planning on becoming free agents anyway. Most of them are in division 2 and 3 three schools which almost never have guys even try out for positions in the league. Even division one players have a low chance of getting into the league. Most guys become coaches in some capacity at the highschool or college level and most just move on with their lives.
You see in rugby we make it available at all levels. There's Super Rugby ( top league like NFL ) but those teams represent their provinces or states internationally. Those same teams still play in the Currie Cup ( the local league ). We then have the Pirates Grand Challenge which is the senior amateur league that literally ANYONE can join after the agebof 21. Then the age groups U21, U19, U16 but at this point your kid can be playing at school of they don't want to play at club level and goes all the way down to Under 6's. That gives the sport a lot of depth, talent can be sourced damn near anywhere. You guys could benefit from having things like that. Onbthe other hand that draft system you guys got going on would be absolutely monumental of we implemented it in rugby. Your sport is awesome though!!!
Dangerman Dubz The thing with the football and the US is we don’t really have trouble at all sourcing talent. We already have all those other levels in our own way. Like anyone can join the NFL, the draft is just a way for teams to specifically get you after college. If you don’t get drafted you can just become a free agent and sign with a team that way.
I can’t wait until my time to play in the nfl
It's not a non-competitive event. And round-1 isn't the most important round. It'd be nice if they had people who knew football make the video.
At what cost though, their soul to the devil
Here in India Cricket draft TV ratings were 45 million.
I clicked coz I saw Kyler
$8,000 a week on a practice squad is $416,000 a year. I would still be okay with that.
during regular season only
7 digits is 7 digits
The NFL these days is bull. Everything is rigged
@Henry Brent , Read Some Books & Open Your Eyes
Sounds like your team sucks and you're upset
Michael Jacques sounds like you’re a patriots fan
@@ldproductions509 sounds like you're one of the other 31 team's fan
Michael Jacques at least my team didn’t lose a super bowl to a backup QB
Bro this was so confusing for me because I live in Australia and out main sport is 'AFL' which stands for 'Australian Football League' when I heard AFL and NFL merged. I got confused
NFL Players Contracts: Okay so you can have uh 9 million, for 6 years, and 1 million signing bonus
MLB Players Contracts: Okay here’s 100 Million for 8 years and 20 million Bonus
Now I’m not dissing BaseBall players, and the sport BUT SERIOUSLY. NFL players risk their bodies every time they play, while Baseball is also (sorta, kinda?) a physical sport just have to hit, run, and catch, and get paid millions every game. NOW I understand Baseball is more of a National sport, unlike Football so that’s how it’s make more money, but still it’s kinda B.S.
Also, immediately after the draft is over teams can contact any undrafted players they want. Those players will make upwards of only $40k per year if signed.
8k a week is enough!
No professional athlete's pay should've ever been able to exceed $1 million/year. They're playing a seasonal GAME and fame and sponsorship is also part of the deal. Some like to argue that the talent wouldn't be the same but if they never made more than $1 million and had to compare that to the average $48k/year for a business major (most common degree), they would've GLADLY gone to the NFL. They might have only started at $200k/year but that's huge to play their loved sport. Money has ruined most everything.
imagine paying baker memefield that much l0l
The new Draft picks don't have Agents when they enter the Draft, or do they?
Let's
Go
Brandon!
Thats pretty big