The Average Salaries of Professional Male Football Players
National Football League (NFL) players, like other career athletes, have salaries that vary based on position, skill, experience and expectations. With the amount of money invested in professional sports, most professional football players live comfortably with a fairly high salary. Just how high that salary is, though, depends on the player himself.
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Salary
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The average salary of a professional football player as of February 2010 was listed at about $1.8 million a year, as noted by USA Today. The median salary, published by the Boston Globe, was listed at $770,000. Compared to an average family's household income, this amount seems like a high number. Multiple house and car purchases later, however, many NFL players are experiencing quick depletions of their bank accounts.
Position
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Certain NFL positions may attract a higher average salary than positions which can easily be replaced by another player. According to Sports Illustrated, the quarterback has the highest average salary at approximately $1.9 million. Seasoned quarterbacks---particularly those with Super Bowl wins on their resumes---will command a higher contract salary, which will raise the average yet again. Defensive backs and offensive linemen are second and third in average salary. The tight end position averaged the lowest.
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Events
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The Pro Bowl is the NFL's version of an All-Star Game. The players who are involved in this game are considered the best of the best from the league. Salaries of the game's top performers average out higher than those of the league as a whole. According to USA Today, the 2009 Pro Bowl game had 118 participants with an average of $4 million in salaries between them. Of these 118, 15 had an average salary of more than $10 million.
Drafts
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The NFL conducts an annual league-wide draft during which teams attain the rights of young college football stars. Players drafted earlier the rounds make more money than those drafted later. According to Yahoo! Sports, in 2008, the average salary for a first-round pick was more than $11 million; second-round picks earned less than $2 million.
Considerations
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The "the entire NFL, which didn't place anyone in the top 20 despite being the world's richest sports league" was missing from the list of highest-paid athletes in "Forbes," according to Yahoo! Sports, as of 2009. The NFL's salary cap keeps pay limited. Players looking to fatten their pockets must rely on endorsements from corporations.
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References
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