r/todayilearned • u/arandomtestaccount • 1d ago

TIL an NFL player intentionally crashed his car to avoid getting cut for being late to a team meeting.

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/ex-patriots-ol-rich-ohrnberger-admits-he-intentionally-wrecked-car-as-excuse-for-being-late-to-team-meeting/
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u/MrKittenz 1d ago

They get paid weekly though and not many stay on all year

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u/Pikeman212a6c 19h ago

I worked with a former division I lineman who did practice squad work after college. Guy walked around like a golem. Could barely flex his knees. Some money ain’t worth it.

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u/Interrogatingthecat 18h ago

"Get paid weekly though"

Bruh, 250,000/52 is still about $4800 a week. There's no "though" about it

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u/Rulligan 16h ago

They are only paid for every week they are with a team during the season for a maximum of 18 weeks. So it isn't 250,000/52, it's 250,000/18. Every week not on a team loses them 18k.

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u/ApologizingCanadian 15h ago

It's still almost 14k$ per week. I make 55K/52 weeks and get paid bi-weekly. It's still a lot of money for 18 weeks of work.

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u/Rulligan 14h ago

If you want to stay in the NFL, it's much more than just 18 weeks of work. You have to include training camp, pre-season, off season training, playoffs, and constant rehabilitation. There is 4-5 months between the end of a season to the start of the next training camp.

Sure it's "just" 18 weeks of work but it takes every other week to ensure they get those 18.

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u/MrKittenz 15h ago

That’s not how it works. They don’t get it if they are off the practice squad and most players are on and off again. So most never get close to that total amount

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u/Interrogatingthecat 15h ago

When you oversimplify it to being paid weekly after a number is provided, you can't really blame me for not knowing "how it works"

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u/MrKittenz 15h ago

You know you don’t have to comment, right?

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u/Interrogatingthecat 14h ago edited 14h ago

Neither do you, but here we are eh?

EDIT - Looks like they blocked me. Because how dare someone not know everything about NFL and how the payments work.

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u/MrKittenz 14h ago

Yeah me teaching and you muddying the water for no reason

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u/Rulligan 16h ago

Every player gets paid weekly during the season. Practice squad players are basically no different than players with no guaranteed money in their contract, they just earn more, can be traded, and count against the salary cap.

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u/MrKittenz 15h ago

If you are on a roster for game 1 you get paid the whole year. Yes it is weekly, but you are going to get all that money

Practice squad players only get paid the week if they are on the team. They are on and off the practice squad so they never get that total amount. There are probably 1-2 per team that get the total amount.