Best part about being a professional athlete?

You get to make alot of money doing what you love to do. If you play 3 years in the NFL and get the base salary, and don't spend it all like a dumbass. You'll make around 3 million. Hell, even the guys on the practice squads around the league make 250k a year.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by Gratch

The NFL minimum salaries are insane. According to this site, the salaries for this season are:

0 years - $275,000
1 year - $350,000
2 years - $425,000
3 years - $500,000
4-6 years- $585,000
7-9 years - $710,000
10+ years - $810,000

It's insane that these guys that are career third stringers can end up making over $800,000 a year for holding a clipboard and taking practice reps.

I remember talking to a minor league baseball player that got called up for a short stint in the show. He said that he made as much in a week playing in the bigs as he did in an entire year in the minors. Fucking insane.

Good lord. The numbers I heard were a bit different, but still pretty close to that. Like I said, you'll make enough money to secure your future if you spend wisely.

There's nowhere I can't reach.