Seattle Seahawks just demonstrated to America why income inequality is a loser. [View all]

[Yavin4]

One theory I heard as to why the Seahwaks (and 49ers) are so good and well-balanced is that they do not pay their QB (Wilson) a ton of money. In the NFL, teams have salary caps, and they can only spend a certain amount each year on their players. A teams with a "franchise" QB tend to give that one player a significant chunk of their entire payroll.

IOW, franchise QBs like Peyton Manning are the top 1% earners in the NFL, and because they make soooo much money, their teams don't have enough resources to spend on other areas of the team like their defense. So, you may have a great QB, but a weak defense. When these payroll unbalanced teams play a payroll balanced team, they get crushed like the Broncos just did.

I know that this is just football, and many of you will poo-poo this post. However, this is how you can quickly and easily explain why income inequality in the NFL makes your overall team weak which can also be applied to real life.