SB LII Winner's Share $112,000 plus other neat stuff

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In case you're a strange numbers nerd like me and want to know what the winners and losers in today's Super Bowl just made.....and other stuff here it is:

From SB Nation - Winners - $112,000 lump sum, losers - $56,000 or 50%. Compare that to the Pro Bowl a somewhat glorified touch game winners $64,000 and losers $32,000.

For more information:   https://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2018/2/3/16925832/super-bowl-pay-money-players

The collective bargaining agreement between the NFL and the NFLPA outlines specific dollar figures for the winning and losing teams in each playoff round. Game checks are the same size for both teams in the Divisional and Championship rounds, and they’re close in the Wild Card. The Super Bowl’s the only game with a really wide discrepancy and pay between the two teams. Here’s how playoff pay works under the CBA:

From the collective bargaining agreement.

 

Playing in a Super Bowl is good work if you can get it. The median U.S. household income is about $59,000, and you’ll almost match that (before taxes) if you play in this game, even on the losing team. (The Super Bowl generates at least hundreds of millions of dollars, so it’s not like the players don’t deserve a massive cut.)

If a player gets traded or cut, he can get paid, too.

The notable example this year is Jimmy Garoppolo, the quarterback the Patriots traded to the 49ers at midseason. Garoppolo’s going to get the same payout the rest of the Patriots get, because of a clause in the CBA that protects players like him.

Not every player is guaranteed the max payout for his team.

Players only qualify for the full payouts listed in the CBA if they’ve been on their team’s active or inactive list for at least three previous games that season (regular or playoff). If a player’s been on the roster for less than that, he gets half the share.

There are a bunch of carve-outs for injured players. For instance, if a rookie gets hurt during the regular season and misses the Super Bowl on injured reserve, he gets half his team’s standard share. If the same happens to a veteran with four years in the league, he still gets the full share. And there are some other, more minute exceptions.

All of these terms apply to both conference championship games and the Super Bowl. The same restrictions don’t apply in the Wild Card and Divisional rounds........CONTINUED IN LINK........

 

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If a wild card team makes a super bowl run you could possibly rack up an extra bonus of over $200,000 even a higher seed could pick up some extra bucks especially if you're a minimum wage player.....

.....for example: The minimum salary for a player with between four and six years of NFL service time was $775,000 this season. Players in that boat can get up to a 14.5 percent raise if they’re on a team that reaches and wins the Super Bowl......

Not bad I guess.