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Posted on 02/10/2026 2:32:28 PM PST by nickcarraway
The Seattle Seahawks dominated their way to a Lombardi Trophy on Sunday, defeating the New England Patriots 29-13 behind a strong defensive performance, a clean game from quarterback Sam Darnold and multiple big plays from Super Bowl MVP running back Kenneth Walker.
You’d think that with a Super Bowl win, most players would be in line for a hefty game check — plus possible bonuses.
However, that's not the case in California.
Despite the victory, Darnold actually ended up losing out on roughly $249,000 due to the state’s “jock tax,” which is calculated based on duty days. For Darnold, that figure stemmed from spending seven days in California, a breakdown explained by former NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason.
“For winning the Super Bowl, the winning team — each player gets $178,000,” Esiason said. “In other words, the Super Bowl isn’t a part of their salary. And because the game was played in California, and California has a jock tax, they look at duty days. Each team spends seven days in the state, and they tax your regular salary at 3.5 percent.”
“So when you take into account the $178,000 bonus plus his regular salary, he ends up paying the state of California about $249,000 for those seven days.”
While several states — including Ohio, New York, Illinois and New Jersey — impose a jock tax, California’s is by far the highest. Because of that, Esiason urged the NFL Players Association to take a firm stance against playing future Super Bowls in the state.
“Now, if I’m the NFLPA, I’m saying, ‘Hey, we’re not playing any more Super Bowls in California. We’re just not doing it,’” Esiason added.
Unfortunately for that position, Super Bowl 61 is already scheduled to be played next February at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles.
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Somali pirates are less rapacious.
They moved the MLB All Star Game from Atlanta with late notice.
Have those who so desire play in next year’s Super Bowl at TPUSA. lol
Other income no doubt more than makes up for that.
They don’t care. They love that blue state woke stuff don’t they.
And if you’re “injured,” you can’t show up to watch the game in person on the sideline because you’d probably be taxed in that situation, too.
That is sad!
NFL rules are that you have to be in uniform on tge sideline to get paid.
Is he the only one who had to pay the rax?
Currently being proposed in Washington state (surprised?) too.
What a rip off.
Nope, every player paid the tax, they’re just highlighting the QB.
California taxes the wages you earn while in the state. It doesn’t matter whether you played or not.
Stealafornia, along with Crackifornia, gets added to the nicknames of Mousselini’s state.
WTF? Did you take a wrong turn at Albuquerque?
And that's true, even though his play wasn't really what won the Super Bowl, or made the team successful.
And besides money, there was a lot more benefit, since he was drafted by the Jets and was considered a draft bust. And took a lot of heat for that. Not everyone is convinced he's a great QB now, but he won't have to deal with what he did before.
The weather is pretty good in Phoenix this time of year. Just saying...
The losing side had to pay it too. That must REALLY suck
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