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post #16 of 22
9/11/09 at 12:51am
You are right I may be wrong. The collective bargaining agreement stipulations sound familiar.

However I remember reading a list of players from the 01 finals philly sixers team with several players listed at 45000 or less. It wasn't too clear but maybe that was a bonus instead, but I wasn't too sure as they listed the premier players like iverson and mutombo in the millions.
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post #17 of 22
9/11/09 at 1:53am
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I didn't know this but some nba bench warmers (usually guards and smaller forwards) make only 45000 or less per year. Now I would suspect nfl making less than nba that this would be even more prevalent in football due to the number of players on a team for redundancy.

Imagine the pressures these guys have in society: friends, 'acquaintances', family, people you meet in the street. All wanting him to foot the bill on something because he 'made it' in the nfl or nba. He's got to explain he makes only 45 grand like two dozen times a week just to get by unscathed and without someone calling him a cheapskate.


stop spewing your usual BS
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post #18 of 22
9/11/09 at 3:36pm
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You are right I may be wrong. The collective bargaining agreement stipulations sound familiar.

However I remember reading a list of players from the 01 finals philly sixers team with several players listed at 45000 or less. It wasn't too clear but maybe that was a bonus instead, but I wasn't too sure as they listed the premier players like iverson and mutombo in the millions.

Only way this happens is if they had partially guaranteed deals and were cut or signed 10 day contracts which I believe are for prorated shares of the minimum. I had met one guy, Shawnelle Scott, from St. John's who played semi-pro ball in NY. Eventually he made it and played a few years with the Cavs, Nuggets, Spurs and Jazz. His first deal paid him over $250k per 10 years ago. He did sign a $1 mil + 2 year deal but that was not guaranteed and he was bought out for a small fraction of that. Ultimately I think he earned $1-$2 mil for a whopping total of 382 minutes played over 4 seasons. His physical transformation was sick though, after the Cleveland Cavs training staff took over.
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post #19 of 22
9/13/09 at 12:49am
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Only way this happens is if they had partially guaranteed deals and were cut or signed 10 day contracts which I believe are for prorated shares of the minimum. I had met one guy, Shawnelle Scott, from St. John's who played semi-pro ball in NY. Eventually he made it and played a few years with the Cavs, Nuggets, Spurs and Jazz. His first deal paid him over $250k per 10 years ago. He did sign a $1 mil + 2 year deal but that was not guaranteed and he was bought out for a small fraction of that. Ultimately I think he earned $1-$2 mil for a whopping total of 382 minutes played over 4 seasons. His physical transformation was sick though, after the Cleveland Cavs training staff took over.

Yeah I forgot about the 10day contract journeymen and so forth. I believe that was what it was about. Prorated pay.

What a nice life to even live that. The few years to play, but when benched you get front row seats. You get paid avg guy's yearly income for a few minutes to throw your hands up in the air, but still what stresses they must go through to always be the one to be expected to foot the bill whereever you go with people.
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post #20 of 22
9/13/09 at 5:16pm
$45,000 a year? Minor Leaguers make like that much.
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post #21 of 22
9/14/09 at 6:16pm
The guy I know in the NFL makes the minimum and gets roughly 25k a week for the full 16 weeks. http://www.nfl.com/players/profile?id=MAS191461
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post #22 of 22
9/14/09 at 6:20pm
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I know a lot of rookies on average make less than 500,000 their first year and after taxes it is only around 350,000 perhaps.

Don't forget the percentage the agent takes!
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