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Ndamukong Suh Just Invented a $200,000 NFL Salary That Does Not Exist

Ndamukong Suh Just Invented a $200,000 NFL Salary That Does Not Exist
Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive end Ndamukong Suh (93) takes the field at the start of an NFL football game against the Carolina Panthers Sunday, Dec. 26, 2021, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Jacob Kupferman)

Please say a prayer for these NFL players only making $100,000. They are really out here struggling. I think we should all donate them money.

Ndamukong Suh did the math for us. You’re in New York, you make $200,000, taxes take half, now you’re sitting on $100,000 and everybody still expects you to live like the guy pulling $40 million.

Only problem is NOBODY in the whole damn league makes $200,000. Rookie minimum this year is $885,000. Survive one season and it’s a million and five.

The closest anybody actually gets is a practice squad kid at $247,500, and nobody is confusing that guy with a superstar, they’re cutting him on a Tuesday.

And this is the money guy. Ndamukong Suh has a whole podcast about athletes going broke. Real episode title, Why Looking Rich Keeps NFL Players Broke. That’s the brand now. Teaching guys the math…

$168 million he made playing football, and he can’t find the floor of his own league.

So somebody get me one name. One player, $200,000, I’ll mail the check myself.

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Benny Yinzer
Writer at Hail Mary Media. Sports takes that hit different.

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