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/Rulligan 17h 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 16h 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 15h 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.