What players get paid for winning the Super Bowl

[mfcorey1]

Similar to many Wall Streeters who receive performance-based bonus compensation, NFL players who make it into the postseason are rewarded with bonus checks as part of postseason shares that the NFL distributes.

Each season, the NFL sets a predetermined amount to compensate players based on how far their team goes in the playoffs. The bonuses kick in with the wild card and divisional playoff games and grow incrementally as players fight for the ultimate prize, the Vince Lombardi trophy.

As the Patriots and Seahawks gear up for America's biggest game of the year in Super Bowl XLIX at University of Phoenix Stadium in Arizona, each player on the team's 53-man roster is guaranteed a bonus check of $49,000 just for being in the Super Bowl.

For the winning the team, the prize is a little sweeter, with a payout this year of $97,000, according to the 2014 NFL Media Guide. That means the journey from divisional leaders to Super Bowl champions pays out a total of $165,000 this year, a 5.1 percent increase from last season.

With the average salary on the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks at $2.1 million, and the median salary at approximately $765,000, the bonus has different significance depending on the player.

"It makes a lot more difference, financially, for guys making minimal league salary of $420,000," said Joel Correy, a former sports agent who helped found Premiere Sports and Entertainment.

"The bonuses help, but it's nothing like the '60s and '70s, when players depended on these bonuses," says Joe Favorito, Sports Marketing Consultant and professor at Columbia University.

For players who made the 2015 Pro Bowl team, there is even more money to be earned. Both the Patriots and Seahawks had five players each selected for the Pro Bowl.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/what-players-get-paid-for-winning-the-super-bowl/ar-AA8DAdc

[PeteSelman]

1. Should be ten times that.

When you consider how much the league and the owners rake in off of the players' talents.

[Go Vols]

2. I agree

I always got 50% of profit after cost in my trade.

[lpbk2713]

3. The winning QB and the MVP will get a lot more.

It will be like winning the lottery with the offers for commercials and endorsements.

[former9thward]

4. Wrong

You stated: "Both the Patriots and Seahawks had five players each selected for the Pro Bowl". The players of Super Bowl teams do not play in the Pro Bowl.

[JonLP24]

7. That isn't wrong

Pro Bowl selections are made weeks in advance

You can find there names under the "Selected but did not participate" section
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Pro_Bowl

[former9thward]

9. Your words:

For players who made the 2015 Pro Bowl team, there is even more money to be earned. Both the Patriots and Seahawks had five players each selected for the Pro Bowl.

You are trying to imply the Seattle players and the New England players make money on both. That is wrong.

[JonLP24]

10. Those aren't my words

My dispute involved the word "selected" and your dispute of the claim which you cite that Patriots & Seahawks had 5 each (I think) selected for the Pro Bowl.

As far as trying to imply. Not even close.

On edit - As far as that goes, I have no idea if they are paid or not (when it comes to didn't play because they were selected to the Pro Bowl) a bonus but would be interested in an official source on the question.

[Ron Green]

5. Out of whack

is what our country's values are, pretty seriously.

[yeoman6987]

6. I really think the should get at least a million each

For winning the Superbowl. You do know this comes from advertising and ticket sales.

[Ron Green]

8. That's pretty much my point.

[Starry Messenger]

11. What do the team owners make?

That seems like a better comparison.