The average yearly salary in the US is $65,470, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This figure represents the average wage regardless of location, occupation, gender, and other factors.
It might help that each Eagles player being a part of the winning Super Bowl team receives a bonus $171,000, per terms of the 2020 Collective Bargaining Agreement. Each Chiefs player will receive a $96,000 bonus. That means the Chiefs players get 130% for one game of what the common person gets for a whole year. Gosh I feel sorry for them. Let’s look at the most profiled Chief:
Patrick Mahomes, quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs, owns a collection of luxury cars, including a Lamborghini Urus, Ferrari 812 Superfast, Rolls-Royce Cullinan, and Genesis G70. He must feel awful.
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Well, at least you didn’t have to suffer getting taken down six times by those 250 pound defensive tackles.
Is it a Marxist complaint that some people are rewarded more richly than others?
Is it a cynical observation that the only true motivation for the human spirit is cupidity?
Is it a condescension that only fools will actually root or invest emotions in athletic contests between professionals starting with professional wrestling and including professional football?
Is it a judgment the grown men cannot have real emotions about their endeavors if they are well compensated for their effort?
It’s good to keep in mind that the club owners who pay these, frankly, crazy-sounding salaries, is because they expect to make more — a lot more — than what they pay out. Capitalism at its finest by my reckoning. Cheers!